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1067585 
Journal Article 
Sarah Bernhardt's 'Doctor God': Jean-Samuel Pozzi (1846-1918) 
de Costa, C; Miller, F 
2007 
Yes 
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
ISSN: 0004-8666
EISSN: 1479-828X 
47 
5 
352-356 
English 
17877590 
Samuel Pozzi was a major figure in the early development of modern gynaecological surgery. His textbook, A Treatise on Gynaecology, published in French in 1890 and rapidly translated into five other languages, was the first internationally acclaimed text integrating modern principles of anaesthesia, antisepsis, diagnosis, surgical technique and postoperative care, and in later editions remained a standard reference up to the 1930s. He was the author of more than 400 papers on gynaecological and general abdominal surgery and his technical expertise drew surgeons from all over the world to his theatre in the Hospital Broca, in one of the poorer parts of Paris. He was equally successful in several professional fields apart from medicine. However, his name is now little known in the English-speaking world. This short biography aims to re-introduce Pozzi to readers of English.