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Arpad Geyza Gerster

Arpad Geyza Gerster

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Portrait of Arpad Geyza Gerster, MD (1848-1923). Dr. Gerster was born in Hungary and received his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1872. He emigrated to the United States where he eventually became House Surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Gerster published The Rules of Aseptic and Antiseptic Surgery, the first book on antiseptic surgical methods in the United States, in 1888.