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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

MACGILL, William D. (1802 – 1833)

1802 – 1833

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1825

#2946

Account of a case in which both carotids were successfully tied.

MACGILL, William D. (1802 – 1833)

In 1823 Macgill successfully ligated in continuity both primitive carotid arteries in the same subject within a month. He was the first American to do so.