Episode 31 - Operating on the President: Election Day Edition, Part 2

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Episode 31 - Operating on the President: Election Day Edition, Part 2

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In the second part of this 2 part series, we'll cover the surgical history of three 20th century presidents. We'll also consider how their operations impacted history, and of course, take a few detours down some side roads of history!

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$Episode 19 - Surgical Families: the Le Forts: This episode describes the works of Rene Le Fort, creator of the Le Fort classification of mid face fractures and describes the strange methods he used for his experiments. The descriptions are pretty graphic, so be warned! We also cover his uncle...$
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