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Gustav Simon

Surgeon, Heidelberg; author of Chirurgie der Nieren (1871-76)

Dates: 1824-1876 (source: Wikipedia, Gustav Simon (surgeon) )
Chapters: VII. Breaking the Stone

What the film says

Removed a kidney from each of thirty dogs, then on 2 August 1869 removed Margaretha Kleb's kidney in forty minutes.

Watch 38:10 in the film VII. Breaking the Stone

On the timeline

2 August 1869: Gustav Simon removes Margaretha Kleb's kidney in Heidelberg, a planned nephrectomy to cure a ureteric fistula. timeline
1871-76: Simon publishes Chirurgie der Nieren in two volumes. timeline

Sources

Sources

BAUS Virtual Museum: Nephrectomy Museum or society
Goddard and Birks, A short history of nephrectomy (Urology News) Secondary
Wikipedia, Gustav Simon (surgeon) Secondary