Robert Liston (1754-1847)
“Time Me, Gentlemen, Time Me” The Fastest Surgeon of the 19th Century.
Theodor Billroth (1829 – 1894)
– was a Prussian-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician.
William Stewart Halsted, M.D. (1852 – 1922)
– was an American surgeon who emphasized strict aseptic technique during surgical procedures, was an early champion of newly discovered anesthetics and introduced several new operations, including the radical mastectomy for breast cancer.
Rudolph Nissen (1896 – 1981)
– was a surgeon who chaired surgery departments in Turkey, the United States and Switzerland.
Carl Langenbuch (1846-1901)
– was a German surgeon who served as a military surgeon during the Franco-Prussian war.
The First Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy