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Maurice Louis Joseph Marie Sourdille

Born  1885
Died  1961

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French otologist, 1885-1961.

Biography of Maurice Louis Joseph Marie Sourdille

Bibliography

  • F. Legent:
    [Maurice Sourdille and the operating microscope] [Article in French]
    Annales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico facial, Paris, September 2000, 117 (4): 210-214.
  • F. Legent:
    [Tympanoplasty and Sourdille] [Article in French]
    Annales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico facial, Paris, September 2000, 117 (4): 215-219.
  • George E. Shambaugh, Jr:
    Julius Lempert and the fenestration operation.
    American Journal of Otology, 1995, 16 (2): 247-252.
  • G. Portmann:
    Maurice Sourdille (1885-1961).
    Archives of Otolaryngology, Chicago, August 1962, 76: 192.

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