The name of Humby is associated with:
All of these. Graham Humby devised his graft knife while at Great Ormond Street Hospital before he moved to Sydney.
Who is credited with inventing the skin mesher, cited as “one of those useful things invented for the wrong reason”?
Lanz. The Swiss, Otto Lanz (1865-1935), introduced a simple instrument to mesh grafts in 1908 so as to halve the size of the donor site. The quote is by McDowell.
Several surgeons in the 16th century were interested in cleft lip repair but who was the first to operate AND write on the subject?
Franco. Pierre Franco operated and wrote Traites des Hernies in 1561.
What was the name of the Edinburgh medical student who described his experience of having his cleft palate repaired when 18 years old by Roux?
Stephenson. One of Roux’s earliest patients was a Canadian medical student, John Stephenson, who studied in Edinburgh before going to Paris. He reported his experience in 1820 at the University of Edinburgh and wrote a thesis on the subject.
The following is credited as first describing the split thickness skin graft:
Thiersch.
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