SENN, Nicholas (1844 – 1908)
1844 – 1908
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1886 CE
#3629
The surgery of the pancreas, as based upon experiments and clinical researches.
In this review of the world literature and a report of animal experimentation, Senn concluded that complete extirpation of the pancreas was invariably followed by death, but that partial excision was feasible and just…
1888 CE
#3494
Rectal insufflation of hydrogen gas an infallible test in the diagnosis of visceral injury of the gastro-intestinal canal in penetrating wounds of the abdomen.
Senn’s method of detecting intestinal perforation by insufflation with hydrogen.
1889 CE
#5620
Experimental surgery.
Senn made important experimental studies on air embolism, introduced a method of diagnosing intestinal perforation by means of insufflation of hydrogen (see No. 3494), and used X-rays in the treatment of leukemia. He …
1893 CE
#3511
Enterorrhaphy; its history, technique and present status.
Senn, Professor of Surgery at Chicago, was one of the first to investigate experimentally the subject of gastro-intestinal anastomosis.
1902 CE
#13220
A nurse's guide for the operating room. Published under the direction of the Sisters of Charity, St. Joseph's Hospital.
Distinctively, Senn devoted his first chapter to the "Preparation of Operating Room in a Private House," suggesting that surgeons may have been frequently called upon to perform operations in homes when the book was p…