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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

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In 1904 Guillemot first put weight to the theory that aspirated oropharyngeal organisms were responsible for cause of lung abscess^[1]
In 1920-1930 Harold Neuhof, was the first thoracic surgeon to develop a valid and reliable therapeutic concept of new one-stage open drainage operation for surgery of acute pulmonary abscess.^[2]
In 1938 first cutaneous drain of lung abscess was performed.^[3]
In 1942 Brock added evidence in stating that aspirated contents gravitated to the dependents part of the lungs
In 1946,owing to the advent of antibiotics, and treatment of acute putrid lung abscess with penicillin showed good results and henceforth patients received antibiotics rather than surgical procedures^[2]

↑ Lima, Mario (01/24/2011). Pediatric thoracic surgery Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009. Harvard Medical School: Springer London. p. 145. ISBN 978-8847052017. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Neuhof H, Hurwitt E (1943). "ACUTE PUTRID ABSCESS OF THE LUNG : VII. RELATIONSHIP OF THE TECHNIC OF THE ONE-STAGE OPERATION TO RESULTS". Ann. Surg. 118 (4): 656–64. PMC 1617784. PMID 17858299.
↑ Wali SO (2012). "An update on the drainage of pyogenic lung abscesses". Ann Thorac Med. 7 (1): 3–7. doi:10.4103/1817-1737.91552. PMC 3277038. PMID 22347342.