Berger, Paul
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| born on | 6 January 1845 at 15:00 (= 3:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Beaucourt, France, 47n29, 6e55 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m6e55 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   16°13'   22°24 Asc. 29°20'
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Biography
French physician and surgeon who practised in Paris at the Hôpital Tenon and was Professor of Clinical Surgery and Pathology at the Faculté de médecine de Paris. He is noted for Berger's operation, a method of interscapulothoracic amputation, and for improvements in hernia/intestinal suturing.
Berger is credited with being the first to don a surgical mask while operating in October 1897. He read a paper "On the Use of a Mask in Operating" before the Surgical Society of Paris on 22 February 1899.
He died on 17 October 1908 in Paris.
Relationships
- business associate/partner relationship with Cornil, Victor André (born 17 June 1837)
Events
Source Notes
GraZia Bordoni's Science file quotes Gauquelin.
Categories
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Medical : Surgeon
