• BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    That’s funny, I can’t find his name as a contributor on any contemporary reports of anyone creating a heart-lung machine. He popularized a specific usage of a specific type of stitch but that’s about all I can find

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      13 days ago

      Right, Mormons do this all the time. They are so desperate to be the center of every universe.

      The church rumor mill gave Ezra Taft Benson sole credit for the agricultural revolution that was actually started by Henry A Wallace (politically as Sec of Ag) and directed by Norman Borlaug. He did some good things as Ag secretary, but leave it to TBMs (true believer Mormons) to turn yeomans work into ‘hanging the moon’.

      By the way, did you hear that Lionel Richie is hearing the missionary discussions and will be baptized soon? /s

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      Thank you for saying this, I was working off fuzzy memory and took a better look this morning. While he was a very successful heart surgeon, I was incorrect saying he helped in the creation of the heart-lung machine.