REHN, Ludwig (1849 – 1930)
1849 – 1930
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source anonym · Wilhelm Kallmorgen: Siebenhundert Jahre Heilkunst in Frankfurt am Main. Diesterweg, Frankfurt a.M. 1936, Tafel X. · Public domain
1884 CE
#3833
Ueber die Exstirpation des Kropfs bei Morbus basedowii.
First thyroidectomy for exophthalmic goitre. The operation reported was performed in 1880.
1895 CE
#2128.1
Blasengeschwülste bei Fuchsin-Arbeitem.
Rehn noted the frequent appearance of papilloma and carcinoma of the bladder among men employed in the aniline dye industry.
1896 CE
#3023
Fall von penetrirender Stichverletzung des rechten Ventrikel’s. Herznaht.
Rehn was the first successfully to suture a wound of the human heart.
1897 CE
#3023.1
Ueber penetrirende Herzwunden und Herznaht.
Before 1896 wounds of the heart had always been regarded as fatal. Rehn’s work marks the begining of cardiac surgery. English translation in Callahan, Keys & Key, Classics of Cardiology, vol. 3, 34-44. See See K…