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General Surgery 209writer feels that the follow<strong>in</strong>g tributes should be presented about ChristianFenger.Dr. Fenger was the first surgeon <strong>in</strong> Chicago to perform vag<strong>in</strong>al hysterectomyand to explore the bra<strong>in</strong> with an aspirat<strong>in</strong>g needle. He had removed<strong>in</strong>tramedullary tumors before 1894. He was the first to demonstratethe ball valve action <strong>of</strong> stones <strong>in</strong> the common bile duct.Senn said <strong>of</strong> him: "Fenger is one <strong>of</strong> the best pathologists <strong>in</strong> the country,while as a surgeon, student, writer and teacher he has no superiors."His Chair at Rush Medical College was most ably filled by this great butvery modest man.From the volume "A Group <strong>of</strong> Dist<strong>in</strong>guished Physicians and Surgeons,Chicago" (1904) may be quoted: "Fenger was the <strong>in</strong>carnation <strong>of</strong> ScientificSpirit <strong>in</strong> Surgery. . . . The value <strong>of</strong> his work is <strong>in</strong>calculable and only appreciatedby those who know the conditions exist<strong>in</strong>g 25difficulties he encountered <strong>in</strong> his endeavors to spread new knowledge. Heis revered as the father <strong>of</strong> scientific surgery <strong>in</strong> the Northwest and, withyears ago and theSenn <strong>in</strong> experimental work, aroused this section <strong>of</strong> the country so thatthere has grown up a group <strong>of</strong> well known younger men."Dr. Fenger died on March 7, 1902, <strong>of</strong> pneumonia and gall stones. In hishonor a bronze bas-relief plaque hangs on the Cook County Hospital wall.BIBLIOGRAPHYPeriodicals1. Transactions <strong>of</strong> the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois State Medical <strong>Society</strong>, Vol. 1 to 48 <strong>in</strong>clusive,1851-1899.2. Medical Schools <strong>of</strong> the United States; Council on Medical Education,J.A.M.A. Aug. 25, 1906, No. 17.3. Black, Carl E.: Ill<strong>in</strong>ois College Medical School, ///. Med. Jour. 25:1, (June)4. Davison, Charles: The College <strong>of</strong> Physicians and Surgeons <strong>of</strong> Chicago, Surg.,Gynec. & Obstet. 56:965, (May) 1933.5. Editorial: Ill<strong>in</strong>ois State Medical <strong>Society</strong>— 100th Anniversary, The PeoriaMedical News, May 1940.6. Ruud, Helga M.: The Women's Medical College <strong>of</strong> Chicago, 1870-1902,Medical Woman's Jour. 53:41 (June) 1946.7. Matas, Rudolph: Surgical Operations Fifty Years Ago, Amer. Jour. Surg.82:111 (July) 1951.8. McClure, Roy D., and Szilagy, D. E.: Halstead, Teacher <strong>of</strong> Surgeons, Amer.Jour. Surg. 82:122 (July) 1951.g. Transactions <strong>of</strong> American Surgical Association, volumes 1 to 17 <strong>in</strong>clusive.10. Cohvell, Arthur R.: Integrity <strong>in</strong> <strong>medical</strong> <strong>practice</strong>, Quart. Bull. NorthwesternUniversity Med. School 2^:249, 1 95°-11. ijth Triennial Catalogue <strong>of</strong> Rush Medical College (Medical Department,Lake Forest University) 1843-1895, Rogers and Wells, Chicago.12. L<strong>in</strong>d University: Quart. Bull, Northwestern University Med. School, 20:2471946.

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