title: Chester B. McVay: small-town surgeon, world-famous herniologist.
authors.affiliation: Marshfield Clinical-Chippewa Center, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729, USA. bfherzog@charter.net
authors.forename: Bernard F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Herzog
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D006547:Hernia / Q000266:history; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013023:South Dakota; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods