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ALBEE, Fred Houdlett (1876 – 1945)

ALBEE, Fred Houdlett (1876 – 1945)

1876 – 1945

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Unknown author Unknown author · The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume XV, 1916, pages 180–181 · Public domain

1911 CE

#4384.1

Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the spine for Pott’s disease. A preliminary report.

The beginning of bone graft surgery as a planned, carefully designed procedure. Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. See No. 5757.

1915 CE

#5757

Bone-graft surgery.

Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts. See especially his “Transplantation of a portion of the tibia int…