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100 years ago, in 1925, surgeonย ๐. ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซย published a remarkable paper titledย โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ด.โ At a time whenย surgeons barely dared to touch the heart, Souttar quite literally did just that. Whatโs striking is not only the bravery of the procedure, but the way the heart was already being understood as aย ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ. Long before imaging, pressure catheters, or computational model
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