At one time it was thought impossible to operate within the body cavities. But then the Canadian doctor William Beaumont operated on a gunshot wound to the stomach. A few decades later we saw breakthroughs in heart operations and transplants. And the 1990s were called the decade of the brain because of the extensive research being done on how the brain functions. The order in which these discoveries were made, by cavity, are

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The correct order of discoveries by cavity is abdominal (William Beaumont's operation on a stomach), thoracic (breakthroughs in heart operations and transplants), and finally dorsal (extensive research on the brain in the 1990s).

At One Time It Was Thought Impossible to Operate Within