The versatile August Bier (1861-1949), father of spinal anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 561-569

  Goerig, Michael ^a   Agarwal, Kamayni ^a   Schulte, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; August Bier; History of

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 0034331563     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00202-6     Document Type: Article

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