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WB Cannon: a trauma pioneer

Accident and Emergency Department, Torbay Hospital, Torbay, UK, psihorne{at}doctors.org.uk

Many papers on hypovolaemia refer to ‘The Preventive Treatment of Wound Shock’ (Cannon WB, Fraser J, Cowell E. 1918. The preventive treatment of wound shock. JAMA 70: 618- 21). It is a practical paper dealing with the sequelae of blood loss, and how to minimize their impact in injured soldiers. Despite constant reference to this work, Cannon is not a name that is often heard in British medical circles, and many of his achievements are not well remembered. He was, however, a key researcher into many aspects of the physiology upon which our medical practice depends today. This brief paper aims to introduce this important gure to a wider circle.

Key Words: biography • Cannon • hypovolaemia • wound shock

Trauma, Vol. 6, No. 1, 79-81 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/1460408604ta301oa


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