Franz Kaspar Hesselbach - bibliography

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Biography

German physician, surgeon, and anatomist, born January 27, 1759, Hammelburg, Fürstenthum Fulda; died July 24, 1816.

Bibliography

  • Vollständige Anleitung zur Zergliederungskunde des menschlichen Körpers.
    3 Hefte, Rudolfstadt, 1805-1808.
  • Anatomisch-chirurgische Abhandlung über den Urspurng der Leistenbrüche.
    Würzburg, Baumgärtner, 1806.
    Hesselbach’s fascia, ligament and triangle described.
  • Neueste anatomisch-pathologische Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und das Fortschreiten der Keisten- und Schenkelbrüche. Würzburg, Staheliano, 1814.
    [Latest Anatomic-Pathologic Investigations Concerning the Origin and Progress of Inguinal and Femoral Ruptures]
  • Beschreibung und Abbildung eines neuen Instrumentes zur sicheren Entdeckung und Stillung einer bei dem Bruchsnitte entstandenen gefährlichen Blutung. Würzburg, Baumgartner, 1815.
    [Anatomic-Surgical Treatise on the Origin of Inguinal Ruptures]

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