title: [The Stromeyer hook. Life and work of the man behind the eponym].
abstract: Georg Friedrich Stromeyer (1804-1876) is generally known as one of the founders of orthopedics and orthopedic surgery and also made many contributions to modern military medicine. Furthermore, every oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Germany knows him because of the "Stromeyer hook", which is used for elevation of zygomatic arch fractures. This special aspect as well as Stromeyer's biography is presented in this article from the history of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knöner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schultheiss
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hausamen
mesh_terms: D004850:Eponyms; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history*; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000266:history*