Weller van Hook
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He was the third Chairman in Surgery at Northwestern Medical School.[http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/urology/history.html] | He was the third Chairman in Surgery at Northwestern Medical School.[http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/urology/history.html] | ||
− | The surgical procedure Ureteroureterostomy end-to-end [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anastomosis anastomosis] of the two portions of a transected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ureter ureter]; | + | The surgical procedure Ureteroureterostomy, which is end-to-end [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anastomosis anastomosis] of the two portions of a transected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ureter ureter]; is also ureteroureteral anastomosis or the [[Weller van Hook|van Hook]] operation, named after Weller van Hook. |
− | Weller van Hook died Jul 1, 1933. | + | Weller van Hook died Jul 1, 1933 in or near Chicago, Illinois where a brief death notice appeared in the ''Chicago Tribune''. |
==Works== | ==Works== |