by Joseph A Olson, PE Some physicians are more than robotic, pill pushing clinicians, some are medical scientists. One such doctor was Dr Robert O Becker, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Veterans Administration hospital, affiliated with Syracuse University. His twenty-five year quest for the Holy Grail of orthopedics, regeneration, is documented in his epic work, Body Electric, but first, some history of other doctors who were medical scientists. In 1953, Dr Michael DeBakey created the roller pump for blood transfusions. His colleague, Dr Denton Cooley invented the bubble oxygen generator in 1956. Together…
