1898

A. G. Bernays performs his first (unsuccessful) gastrectomy (total removal of stomach) for cancer of stomach (Bernays, 161-166). Publication of Howard Kelly’s two-volume Operative Gynecology, with Max Broedel’s illustrations (Davis, 115). John B. Murphy’s Oration in Surgery at AMA’s annual meeting promotes his technique for artificial pneumothorax (Ott, 95-96).