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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

ROONHUYZE, Hendrick van (1622 – 1672)

1622 – 1672

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ROONHUYZE, Hendrick van (1622 – 1672)

Roonhuyze’s book is regarded as the first work on operative gynecology in the modern sense. He successfully performed caesarean section several times, and he used retractors for the repair of vesicovaginal fistulae. E…