title: [P. L. Friedrich and the problem of wound infection (author's transl)].
abstract: For the first time P. L. Friedrich proved wound infection to be a local process for 6 to 8 hours. After total excision such wound can be treated like a sterile one. For the first time Friedrich also realised the importance of this time-limit which however was often misinterpreted. He never excised wounds in his patients totally, but always practised wound débridement after von Bergmann-Lexer.
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Paul Leopold Friedrich und die Wundinfektion.