Historical Bibliography Updated: October 17, 2022

Closed-chest cardiac massage.

KOUWENHOVEN, William Bennett (1886 – 1975) Wikipedia

JUDE, James R. (1928 – 2015) Wikipedia

KNICKERBOCKER, G. Guy (1932 – 2022)

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Publication Details

J. Amer. med. Assoc., 173, 1064-67. 1960 CE.

Kouwenhoeven and colleagues developed closed-chest cardiac massage without thoracotomy. Kouwenhoeven has been called "the father of cardiopulmonary resuscitation."

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Internal, Emergency & Geriatric

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Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine › Resuscitation Resuscitation

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#2883.4
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4266
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	closedchest-cardiac-massage