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Langenbuch, Carl (1846-1901)

Performed the first cholecystectomy at the Lazarus Hospital in Berlin in 1882. [Har93]

Courvoisier apparently trained with Langenbuch and perfected cholecystectomy.

Langenbuch retractor
An `L' shaped retractor



Adrian P. Ireland