Das War Mein Leben: Eine Kurzfassung Der Autobiografie

by Ferdinand Sauerbruch

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch was a German surgeon who is regarded as one of the most important and influential surgeons of the 20th century.

He developed the Sauerbruch chamber, a pressure chamber for operating on the open thorax, which he demonstrated in 1904. This invention was a breakthrough in thorax medicine and allowed heart and lung operations to take place at greatly reduced risk.