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 Karel B. Absolon and Mohammad Naficy, First successful cardiac operation in a human 1896: A documentation. The life, the times and the work of Ludwig Rehn (1849-1930). Rockville, MD, 2002.