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Austrian surgeon Hermann Schloffer (1868-1937)

In 1907, Schloffer successfully resected a pituitary tumor by the transnasal-transsphenoidal route. (Source: Lindholm J. A century of pituitary surgery: Schloffer's legacy. Neurosurgery 2007;61(4):865-7; discussion 867-8.) (Public domain.)

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