Franz Kaspar Hesselbach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German surgeon and anatomist
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Place of Birth: Hammelburg, Bavaria, Germany
About Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
- Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (January 27, 1759 – July 24, 1816) was a German surgeon and anatomist who was a native of Hammelburg. He was a pupil, and later Prosector under Karl Kaspar von Siebold (1736–1807) at Würzburg.
- Later Hesselbach was a lecturer at Würzburg, where one of his students was Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (1776–1851).
- His son, Adam Kaspar Hesselbach (1788–1856) was also a surgeon. As a surgeon, Hesselbach is best known for his work with hernia operations.
- He was the first to describe a handful of anatomical structures, such as the cribriform fascia (Hesselbach's fascia), interfoveolar ligament (Hesselbach's ligament) and the inguinal triangle (Hesselbach's triangle).
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