Beiträge zur Fettembolie.

Halm, Alfred.

München : M. Rieger'sche, 1876.

Description : tp., bt., 46 p., [4 l.] pl. ; illus: 8 phot. figs., tbls. ; 22 cm.

Photographs : 4 carbon print composites mounted on cards, each plate reproducing two drawings of microscopic fat specimens.

Subject : Fat — Fat embolism syndrome (FES).

Notes :

• Author caption: Vorgelegt von Dr. Alfred Halm, Assistent der chirurgischen Klinik in München.
• Medical degree, Universität München, 1876.
• Title caption: Aus dem pathologischen Institute zu München.
• Title caption: Der medicinischen Facultät der Universität München pro Venia Legendi.
• Includes bibliography.
• Photo captions: I-[VIII].
• Very few copies extant.
• Index Medicus: na.

The author presents 21 cases of fat embolism syndrome following trauma, corroborating Ernst Von Bergmann's research (1873), though he is barely mentioned.