Professor Dr. Hans Kehr (1862–1916)

Abstract

In 1888, Kehr received education in Vienna under Theodor Billroth and then in Berlin. He settled in surgical practice in Halberstadt, where he established a private surgical clinic and performed his first cholecystectomy in 1890. One of Kehr’s attributes was a penchant for meticulous record keeping in addition to lecturing and publishing. His major contribution was his systematic approach and the pictorial illustrations that were created in the operating room. This translation of Kehr’s magnum opus dealing with his own experience with cholecystectomy will hopefully preserve his name and assure that he is listed along with other giants who contributed to the principles of biliary surgery.