Werner Maximilian Friedrich Zoege von Manteuffel (13 July 1857, in
Määri
Määri is a village in Väike-Maarja Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
Werner Zoege von Manteuffel, surgeon and advisor to Russian emperor Nicholas II
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich ...
,
Estonia
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– 14 March 1926, in
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
,
Estonia
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) was a
Baltic German
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medical surgeon. He was the earliest advocate of
sterilised gloves.
He studied at the
University of Dorpat
The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...
(
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
) and became a doctor in 1886.
He published an article in 1897 recommending surgeons use rubber gloves and boil them in water before wearing them.
At the time most doctors operated with their bare hands, or wore gloves of cotton, leather, or other absorbent materials.
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1857 births
1926 deaths
Estonian surgeons
Baltic-German people
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