Scars and Wounds


Bernard Rudolph Conrad Langenbeck, 1810 - 1887.
Described mucoperiosteal formation and characteristics of scars.

Thomas Dent Muetter, 1811 - 1857.
Exhaustive study of scar formation and characteristics of scars.

Uli Karlouich Szymanowski, 1829 - 1868.
Z plasty

Frank Meleney, 1889 - 1963.
Professor of Surgery and Bacteriology, Columbia University; work in "Meleney's Ulcer" and bacitracin.

Erle Peacock, 1926 - 1980
Chief of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina and Arizona State University; research in wound healing.


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