Ludwig Georg Courvoisier

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1843 – 1918

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Who was Ludwig Georg Courvoisier?

Ludwig Georg Courvoisier was a surgeon from Basel, Switzerland. He was one of the first doctors to remove gallstones from the common bile duct.

In 1890, Courvoisier published the book Casuistisch-statistische Beiträge zur Pathologie und Chirurgie der Gallenwege, a manual on biliary surgery in which he introduced the medical sign known as Courvoisier's law.

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Born
Apr 8, 1843
Basel
Nationality
  • Switzerland
Died
Apr 8, 1918
Basel

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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