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Died. Gerhard Küntscher, 72, German surgeon who in 1939 developed a novel means of setting bone fractures; of a heart attack; in Glücksburg, West Germany. Küntscher's innovation was to drill a hole lengthwise into each section of a broken bone, then insert a metal pin to join the break. The stability of the pin led to quicker recovery, and after winning adherents during World War II, the technique has been widely adopted by orthopedic surgeons, particularly for athletes, who break bones often and whose speedy recovery may be vital to a team...
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