Vascular surgeons of antiquity -- Early vascular repairs and anastomoses -- William Hunter -- John Hunter -- Astley Cooper -- Development of the venous autograft -- Evolution of aortic surgery -- Operation on the carotid artery -- Valentine Mott -- Rudolph Matas -- The arterial prosthesis: Arthur Voorhees -- Contributions from the battlefield -- Venous surgery -- Extra-anatomic bypass -- Mathieu Jaboulay -- Eugëne Villard -- Alexis Carrel -- Renè Leriche -- Jean Kunlin -- Charles Dubost -- Jacques Oudot -- Charles Dotter: interventional radiologist -- Thomas Fogarty -- Juan Parodi
