On the 100th anniversary of sterile catgut Kuhn: Franz Kuhn (1866-1929) and the epistemology of catgut sterilization

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2275-2283

  Dietz, Ulrich A ^a   Kehl, Franz ^a   Hamelmann, Wulf ^b   Weißer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Endocrinologic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CATGUT; EPISTEMOLOGY; IMMERSION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTUBATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MODEL; REVIEW; SURGEON;

CATGUT; CHARACTER; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; KNOWLEDGE; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; STERILIZATION; SURGERY;

EID: 36849066244     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9216-y     Document Type: Review

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