title: Louis Stromeyer (1804-76): German orthopaedic and military surgeon and his links with Britain.
abstract: Louis Stromeyer was a pioneer of orthopaedic surgery and military medicine in Germany. The 200th anniversary of his birth was celebrated on 6 March 2004. He was much admired in Britain, which he visited on three occasions and where he met many of the country's leading surgeons. He was a friend and colleague of the London surgeon W J Little (1810-94), whose clubfoot he corrected by the operation he developed, and which Little introduced to Britain: subcutaneous tenotomy. A bibliography of Stromeyer's publications is appended.
authors.affiliation: peterfsmith40@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom