1880

Paul Niehaus of Berne first surgeon to attempt (internal) cardiac massage on a human patient; 1901: Kristian Igelsrud of Norway performs first successful cardiac massage, then in 1902 W. Arbuthnot Lane in Eng. had another success (Richardson, 54-56). Lawson Tait diagnoses acute appendicitis and successfully removes inflamed appendix. Tait did another successful case in 1886 but discarded idea of removing appendix in paper of 1889 (Shepherd, 68-70).