Slovenská chirurgia 1/2014
Justus Ohage – author of the first cholecystectomy in the Western Hemisphere
Concerning to improve knowledge about important surgical personalities, whose biographies are not so known in spite of that they are interesting, we bring the article about surgeon, who performed the first cholecystectomy in the western hemisphere. Dr. Justus Ohage, whose life has crossed paths with the lives of personalities such as president Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo Bill and founder of Mayo Clinic – William W. Mayo, is worthy of our interest.
Keywords: first cholecystectomy in America, Justus Ohage.
