Max Wilms - bibliography

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Biography

German surgeon, born November 5, 1867, Hünshoven; died May 14, 1918. Heidelberg.

Bibliography

  • Die Mischgescwülste. Leipzig, 1899.
    Wilms was only 32 years of age when he produced his important monograph on the pathology of mixed tissue tumours. His book dispelled existing confusion and his classification provided the foundation for modern concepts concerning this group of disorders.
  • Verletzungen und Erkrankungen des Ellenbogens und Vorderarmes.
    Handbuch der praktischen Chirurgie, volume 4; Stuttgart 1901; 4th edition, 1914.
  • Studien zur Pathologie der Verbrennung. Die Ursache des Todes nach ausgedehnter Hautverbrennung.
    Mitteilungen aus den Grenzgebieten der Medizin und Chirurgie, Jena, 1901, 8: 393-442.
    Wilms was the first to carry out full excision of burnt tissue, and sometimes grafted excises areas.
  • Die Entwicklung der Knochen der oberen exträmitet, dargestellt in Röntgenbilder.
    Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen, supplement 9. Hamburg, 1902.
  • Der Ileus. Deutsche Chirurgie, volume 46 g; Stuttgart, 1906.
  • Chirurgische Behandlung der Verletzungen und Erkrankungen des Kopfes.
    Handbuch der gesamten Therapie, 4th edition, volume 6; Jena, 1911.
  • Karzinome des Epi-, Meso- und Hypopharynx.
    With Ernst von Bergmann (1836-1907).
    Handbuch der praktischen Chirurgie, 4th edition, volume 1; Stuttgart, 1913.
  • Die Freilegung der Pharynxräume für Operationen in ihnen.
    With Ernst von Bergmann.
    Handbuch der praktischen Chirurgie, 4th edition, volume 1; Stuttgart, 1913.
  • Der Darmverschluss (Ileus).
    Handbuch der praktischen Chirurgie, 4th edition, volume 3; Stuttgart, 1913.

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