1668 MEEKEREN, Job Janszoon van (1611 – 1666)

Heel- en geneeskonstige aanmerkingen.

Van Meekeren was first to record a bone graft. He states (Chap. 1) that he read a report of it in a letter received by the Rev. Engebert Sloot of Slooterdijk from John Kraanwinkel, a missionary in Russia, where the op…

GMN 5735 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6519

1867 OLLIER, Louis Xavier Édouard Léopold (1830 – 1900)

Traité expérimentale et clinique de la régenération des os. 2 vols.

Ollier pioneered research in bone allografting.

GMN 4336.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5659

1881 MACEWEN, Sir William (1848 – 1924)

Observations concerning transplantation of bone. Illustrated by a case of inter-human osseous transplantation, whereby over two-thirds of the shaft of a humerus was restored.

First allograft transplantation of bone in humans.

GMN 4346.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5729

1911 ALBEE, Fred Houdlett (1876 – 1945)

Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the spine for Pott’s disease. A preliminary report.

The beginning of bone graft surgery as a planned, carefully designed procedure. Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. See No. 5757.

GMN 4384.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5912

1915 ALBEE, Fred Houdlett (1876 – 1945)

Bone-graft surgery.

Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts. See especially his “Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the …

GMN 5757 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6678

1942 INCLAN, Alberto Francis (1916 – )

The use of preserved bone grafts in orthopaedic surgery.

These studies form the basis of the modern use of bone preserved by refrigeration.

GMN 4404.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6067

1975 TAYLOR, Geofrrey Ian; ET AL

The free vascularized bone graft. A clinical extension of microvascular techniques.

First clinically successful free bone graft with microvascular anastomosis in which a fibular segment was transferred to the contralateral leg to reconstruct a large tibial defect. With G.D.H. Miller and F. J.Ham.

GMN 5766.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6741