Werner Zoege Von Manteuffel - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Werner Zoege Von Manteuffel
- Werner Maximilian Friedrich Zoege von Manteuffel (13 July 1857, in Määri, Estonia – 14 March 1926, in Tallinn, Estonia) was a Baltic German medical surgeon.
- He was the earliest advocate of sterilised gloves. Von Manteuffel studied at the University of Dorpat (Tartu) 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.
