Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Medicine in Modern Britain.
A mechanical device invented in 1953 that temporarily takes over the function of oxygenating blood, allowing surgeons to operate on a stationary heart.
Heart-lung machine appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Medicine in Britain and the Western Front, especially Medicine in Modern Britain and Approaches to Prevention and Treatment.
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