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Opération d’anus artificiel, par la méthode de Littre, sur un homme adulte qui a survécu vingt-huit jours. In: Amussat, J. Z., Mémoire sur la possibilité d’établir un anus artificiel

pp. 85-88. Paris, 1839.

Pillore performed caecostomy in 1776, the patient surviving 28 days. Amussat went to considerable trouble to find the document describing the operation. See No. 3442.

Facet Tags

Surgery & Anesthesia

Subjects

Colon & Rectal Diseases & Surgery

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#3443
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8850
External URL	opration-danus-artificiel-par-la-mthode-de-littre-sur-un-homme-adulte-qui-a-survcu-vingthuit-jours-in-amussat-j-z-mmoire-sur-la-possibilit-dtablir-un-anus-artificiel

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris