Complex sentence: They were first given detailed attention in 1861 by Austrian anatomist Karl Langer (1819-1887), though he cited the surgeon Baron Dupuytren as being the first to recognise the phenomenon.
Split into simpler sentences: They were first given detailed attention in 1861 by Austrian anatomist Karl Langer (1819-1887). Though he cited the surgeon Baron Dupuytren as being the first to recognise the phenomenon.