| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Abbe, Robert |
( b´ ) (KEY) , 1851–1928, American surgeon, b. New York City, M.D. Columbia, 1874; brother of Cleveland Abbe. He was especially noted as a plastic surgeon and was a pioneer in the use of catgut sutures. A friend of the Curies, Abbe was also one of the first in the United States to use radium in treating cancer. |
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