Rudolf Nissen - bibliography

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Biography

German surgeon, born September 5, 1896, Neisse, Oberschlesien, died January 22, 1981, Riehen, near Basel, Switzerland.

Bibliography

  • Exstirpation eines ganzen Lungenflügels.
    Zentralblatt für Chirurgie, Leipzig, 1931, 58: 3003-3006.
    Successful removal of entire bronchiectatic lung.
  • Helle Blätter - dunkle Blätter. Erinnerungen eines Chirurgen. Stuttgart 1969.
  • Fünfzig Jahre erlebter Chirurgie. Stuttgart/New York, 1978.
  • Ferdinand Sauerbruch:
    Das war mein Leben. München 1956. Biographical etc:
  • Hundert Jahre Rudolf Nissen.
    Basler Beiträge zur Chirurgie, volume 9, 1997. 75 pages.
    Vorträge gehalten anlässlich des Symposiums zum 100. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Rudolf Nissen am 30.August 1996 an der Universität Basel. Bandherausgeber: F. Harder, M. Rossetti.. 228 Seiten.
  • Bernhard Meyer:
    Ein Ordinariat am Bosporus. Der Chirurg Rudolf Nissen (1896-1981).
    Basler Beiträge zur Chirurgie, 2000, 9: 111-117.

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