biography
| name: |
Billroth, (Christian Albert) Theodor
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pronunciation:
[bilroht]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1829–94)
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| biography:
| Surgeon, born in Bergen, NE Germany. He became professor of surgery at Zürich (1860–7) and Vienna (1867–94). A pioneer of modern abdominal surgery, he performed the first successful excision of the larynx (1874) and the first resection of the intestine (1881). A brilliant musician, he was a friend of Brahms. |
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