1. Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05

   …d work at 5000 characters per second with an interval between sprocket holes of 200 microseconds. In this time Colossus performed up to 100 Boolean calculations simultaneously on each of the five tape channels. ||{{image url="Colossus.jpg" class=…

2. Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03

   …ars on == The total hip replacement operation is seen as a landmark in 20th-century surgery, and is now one of the most performed elective surgical procedures in the world. Each year 35,000 hips are replaced in England and Wales on the NHS, and clos…
   …e to 300,000 THAs performed per year in the United States.…

3. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …, Chaplin composed "Terry's Theme", which was popularised by Jimmy Young as "Eternally" (1952). "**This Is My Song**", performed by Petula Clark (1967), reached number one on the UK charts. Chaplin also received his only Oscar for his composition …

4. Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47

   … looks//", Grant is one of Hollywood's definitive leading men. Cary Grant exuded style, charm and sophistication. Grant performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several **Hitchcock** films, including the 1959 hit North by N…

5. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

   …heir prices **as high as possible.** == Recognition in the End == Intraocular lens implant is now the **most commonly performed** eye surgical procedure. **More than 6 million lenses are implanted every year.** Ridley gave this to the world **for …

6. CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42

   …eld.jpg" title="Godfrey Hounsfield" Birth_date="28 August 1919" Death_date="12 August 2004" }} The first CT Scan was performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London, in **1975**. Godfrey Hounsfield was born in Sutton-on-Trent, [[Notti…

7. Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54

   … came into use in many surgeries under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher Wren 1656 == Christopher Wren performed the earliest confirmed experiments with crude hypodermic needles, performing intravenous injection into dogs in 1656. W…

8. Blood transfusion — 2021-08-10 08:28:02

   …= James Blundell 1818 === ~-[[Medical]]:[[1800s]] Dr. James Blundell ( 1791 Holborn, [[London]], [[England]] – 1878) performed the first successful transfusion of human blood to treat postpartum haemorrhage. The donor was the patient's husband, B…
   …lundell extracted four ounces of blood from his arm to transfuse into his wife. Between 1825 and 1830, Blundell performed 10 transfusions, five of which were beneficial, and published his results. He also invented a number of instruments for…
   …width="200" }} In 1840, at St George's Hospital Medical School in London, Samuel Armstrong Lane, aided by Dr. Blundell, performed the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat haemophilia. == Beginnings of Transfusion == In the 1660s, the …

9. TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45

   …ing class Cockney. [[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/537722/index.html| BFI]] == Live Broadcast == The drama was performed and broadcast live, and the kiss is no fleeting affair either, it’s a full-on snog. Viewers are left in no doubt that…

10. Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01

    …blish a facial injury ward at the Cambridge Military Hospital and later in Sidcup in 1917. There he and his colleagues performed around 11,000 operations on more than 5,000 soldiers. == Knighthood == Gillies was knighted in the Birthday Honours l…

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