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This document presents a historical summary of surgical drainage systems and their authors throughout time. Hippocrates was the first to report the use of drains to extract liquid collections from the body in the 5th century BC. Aulus Cornelius Celsus described the use of conical tubes made of lead or brass with adjustable plugs for the drainage of ascites in the 1st century AD. Guy Chauliac developed linen drains within metal cylinders.
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