Werner Zoege von Manteuffel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Werner Zoege von Manteuffel

surgeon

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1857

Place of Birth: Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1926

Profession: physician, surgeon

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.