William Stewart Halsted, another noted physician of the time, who pioneered a number of critical surgical styles that minimize blood loss during operations, also plays a key role.
Street hawkers across the city sell multi-coloured, fabric surgical-style masks, now ubiquitous on its congested roads.
Before he began his first oil sketch, Mr. Dunlop put on a pair of sheer plastic surgical-style gloves.
Commuters in smog-filled Asian cities such as Beijing have worn surgical-style face masks for years.
Investigators recovered a pair of surgical-style scissors nearby and said that they had identified the suspects based on video footage and interviews.
At the Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Rockville, Md., Jeff McArthur, who fixes about 25 cars a day, peeled off a surgical-style glove covered with grease and talked about auto recalls.
The assailant stabbed the victim in the neck, probably with surgical-style scissors with medical tape wrapped around the handles, which were found at the scene, the police said.
The image of Chinese city-dwellers clad in surgical-style face masks has become a potent symbol of that country's modernity.
Surgical-style endoscopes have given scientists their first peek inside the nooks and crannies of coral reefs, showing that sponges dwelling there may be sustaining the teeming bounty of these ecosystems.
