Edinburgh, a grand, historic city, is an ideal location for the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology.
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Edinburgh has a long and distinguished history in medicine, with many advances pioneered in the city or by Edinburgh graduates. Notable surgeons include John Hunter, anatomist and "founder of scientific surgery" in the late 18th century; Robert Lister, who performed the first operation under anaesthesia (ether) in 1846; and Sir James Simpson, who discovered chloroform the following year, by  testing it on his dinner guests until they slid under the table. Other "firsts" include Charles Bell, who   more...