Georg Albert Lücke
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Georg Albert Lücke was a German surgeon
born in Magdeburg
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He studied medicine at the Universities of Hedielberg, Göttingen and Halle, and following graduation travelled abroad to France, Italy and Algeria. In 1860 he became an assistant to Bernhard von Langenbeck
, and in 1864 gained battle-related surgical experience during the Second Schleswig War. From 1865 to 1872 he was a professor of surgery at the University of Bern, and from 1872 held a similar position at the University of Strassburg.
Lücke was a prodigious writer who published articles on all aspects of surgery. Some of his better known writings were on battle-related surgery, diseases of the thyroid gland and papers involving various tumors. With Theodor Billroth
he was co-author of Deutsche Chirurgie, and with Carl Hueter
was co-founder of the journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie (1872).
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
born in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
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He studied medicine at the Universities of Hedielberg, Göttingen and Halle, and following graduation travelled abroad to France, Italy and Algeria. In 1860 he became an assistant to Bernhard von Langenbeck
Bernhard von Langenbeck
Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery....
, and in 1864 gained battle-related surgical experience during the Second Schleswig War. From 1865 to 1872 he was a professor of surgery at the University of Bern, and from 1872 held a similar position at the University of Strassburg.
Lücke was a prodigious writer who published articles on all aspects of surgery. Some of his better known writings were on battle-related surgery, diseases of the thyroid gland and papers involving various tumors. With Theodor Billroth
Theodor Billroth
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a German-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician....
he was co-author of Deutsche Chirurgie, and with Carl Hueter
Carl Hueter
Carl Hueter was a German surgeon born in Marburg. He was the son of obstetrician Karl Christoph Hueter ....
was co-founder of the journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie (1872).