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Small Inventions, Big Impact

Patented: History of Inventions

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What Is the Benefit of the Titanium Staple?

In the middle ages, of course, we had people being operated on by barbers. Presumably people were doing cind of medical stitching at that time. So why does your doctor decide on the the staples rather than the stitches? I think it really comes down to speed. If a surgeon can get away with doing something clean and fast and safely, they're obviously going to take that route. And obviously it's cooler, which is what i had. It's cooler. But when he came to speak to me the next day, i perhaps wasn't as compsmentous as i would be normally.

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