[Our surgical heritage. Theodore Billroth and music]

Journal/Book: Zentralbl Chir. 1982; 107: 1408-16.

Abstract: Since his early youth Billroth had an extraordinary aptitude for music and actively practised music. Billroth developed to a piano player of high standing. Even as a young professor in ordinary for surgery he worked as a composer of music and wrote critical essays of concerts for journals of music. Later on, a lifelong friendship developed between him and the famous composer Johannes Brahms in Vienna.

Keyword(s): Music|HI. Surgery|HI

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