Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1657.5

GEORG FRIEDRICH LOUIS STROMEYER (1804-1876) Beiträge zur operativen Orthopädik, oder, Erfahrungen über die subcutane Durchschneidung verkürzter Muskeln und deren Sehnen Hof-Buchhandlung 1838 1st edition. vi, 154 p., [8] leaves of folded plates : ill. 23 cm.

“Stromeyer is the founder of modern surgery of the locomotor system. He advocated and practiced subcutaneous tenotomy for all deformities of the body arising from muscular defects” (Garrison-Morton 4321). Stromeyer was professor at Erlangen, Munich, Freiburg, and Kiel, and successively surgeon-general of the Schleswig-Holstein and Hannoverian armies and was the father of modern military surgery in Germany. He practically created the modern surgery of the locomotor system. He is thus one of the founders of orthopedics in recent times. His methods were introduced into England by Little.

Cited references: Garrison & Morton 4321; Waller 9320

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