- Louis Stromeyer
Georg Friedrich Louis Stromeyer (1804-1876) was a German
surgeon who was born inHanover .Biography
After receiving his doctorate from
Berlin in 1823, he spent his career in several European cities, but is largely known for his work done in Hanover. He was also a military surgeon during theFirst War of Schleswig (1848-1851). He served asSurgeon General of the Kingdom Hanover in the German war and in the Prussian army during the Franco-Prussian war.Stromeyer was a pioneer in
orthopedics andorthopedic surgery . In 1831 he performed the firstsubcutaneous tenotomy (tendon surgery) of theAchilles tendon on a deformed foot. He introduced tenotomic surgery to England through a friend, English surgeonWilliam John Little (1810-1894). Stromeyer performed this operation on Dr. Little in order to correct hisclubfoot condition. Stromeyer also didmaxillofacial surgery, and is remembered for the eponymous "Stromeyer hook", a device used forzygomatic arch fractures.Works
*"Handbuch der Chirurgie", 1864
*"Maximen der Kriegsheilkunst", 1868
*"Erinnerungen eines deutschen Arztes", 2 Bände, 1875, ISBN 3-540-07659-Xource
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