During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats a French army attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico.
At least 30% to 50% of graduating general surgeons take fellowships and ultimately narrow the scope of their practices. These surgeons do not perform all the procedures that the average general surgeon does. Almost 50% of medical school graduates are women, and up to 40% of surgical residents are women as well. Here is âthe elephant in the roomâ that no one wants to talk about.
The Encyclopedia of Surgery says that the number of gender reassignment procedures conducted in the United States each year is estimated at between 100 and 500. The number worldwide is estimated to be two to five times larger.. At least one other researcher says there are many more.