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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

BAER, William Stevenson (1872 – 1931)

1872 – 1931

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1931 CE

#4399

The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot (larva of the blow fly).

BAER, William Stevenson (1872 – 1931)

Larrey observed the therapeutic effect of maggots on wounds; W. S. Baer inaugurated the method of treating osteomyelitis by this means (“Baer therapy”).