1950 BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005); LINDSAY, William Kerr (1920 – 2008)

Hypothermia: its possible role in cardiac surgery: an investigation of factors governing survival in dogs at low body temperatures.

Bigelow pioneered surface-induced whole body hypothermia and temporary cardiac flow occlusion. With W.F. Greenwood.

GMN 3047.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3541

1950 BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005); LINDSAY, William Kerr (1920 – 2008)

Oxygen transport and utilization in dogs at low body temperatures.

This research by Bigelow and collegues first made possible the use of hypothermia in cardiac surgery.

GMN 10656 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12849

1984 BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

Cold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.

GMN 12333 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14557

1990 BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

Mysterious heparin: The key to open heart surgery.

GMN 12334 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14558