Which surgeon conducted a very public argument with Roux about which of them was first to repair a cleft soft palate?
A. Langenbeckvon Graefe. The two surgeons argued over who was the first to repair the cleft palate so vigorously that it became an issue of national honour. von Graefe presented his achievement in a brief paper to the Medical Society of Berlin and this was reported in a little known local publication with a small circulation in 1816. His main publication appeared in 1817. Believing sincerely that he had been the first, Roux reported the details of a similar operation in 1819.