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Biographical Sketch: Themistocles Gluck (1853–1942)

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Abstract

This biographical sketch on Themistocles Gluck corresponds to the historic text, The Classic: Report on the positive results obtained by the modern surgical experiment regarding the suture and replacement of defects of superior tissue, as well as the utilization of re-absorbable and living tamponade in surgery (1891), available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-011-1837-7.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Dr. Antonia Woehln for the initial translation of this Classic and Dr. Aaron Johnson for his help in correcting syntax.

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  1. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1600 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, USA

    Richard A. Brand MD

  2. Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Michael A. Mont MD

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    M. M. Manring PhD

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Brand, R.A., Mont, M.A. & Manring, M.M. Biographical Sketch: Themistocles Gluck (1853–1942). Clin Orthop Relat Res 469, 1525–1527 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-1836-8

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