Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus
Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus [fə-brĭsh′əs hĭl-dā′nəs] also known by the name, Wilhelm Fabry of Hilden, German physician and called "The father of German surgery."
Among his numerous contributions to medicine were the first classification of burns, the introduction of the tourniquet in surgical practice and extraction of iron splinters in the eye with use of a magnet.
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