Contributions of Wartime Surgery to the Development of Vascular Surgery

“He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.” – Hippocrates

From ancient times to the present the terrible consequences of the battlefield have driven innovation in surgery. In the twentieth century, advances in technique and technology in the nascent field of vascular surgery frequently derived from the exigencies of war. On this, the eightieth anniversary of the conclusion of the world’s greatest conflict, join the Society of Vascular Surgery’s new digital History Collection as we explore these many connections through new historical research as well as artifacts and documents from the past.