Misc: The branch of medicine dealing with curing by operative procedures is ________?

Questions

For whom were blue jeans originally designed?

What fabric is known in Europe as serge de Nimes?

These "overcoats" designed by Gabriel Fallopius in the 1500's are now better known as?

Once used to make women appear slender, these undergarments were actually known to cause skeletal damage?

The board game monopoly is based upon streets in what u.s. city?