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See also:BILLROTH, See also:ALBERT See also:CHRISTIAN THEODOR (1829-1894) , Viennese surgeon, was See also:born on the 26th of See also:April 1829 at See also:Bergen, on the See also:island of See also:Rugen, his See also:family being of See also:Swedish origin. He studied at the See also:universities of Greifswald, See also:Gottingen and See also:Berlin, and after taking his See also:doctor's degree at the last in 1852, started on an educational tour, in the course of which he visited the medical See also:schools of See also:Vienna, See also:Prague, See also:Paris, See also:Edinburgh and See also:London. On his return to Berlin he acted as assistant to B. R. K. See also:Langenbeck from 1853 to 186o, and then accepted the professorship of See also:surgery at See also:Zurich. In 1867 he was invited to fill the same position at Vienna, and in that See also:city the See also:remainder of his professional See also:life was spent. In 1887 he received the distinction, rarely bestowed on members of his profession, of a seat in the See also:Austrian Herrnhaus. He died at See also:Abbazia, on the Adriatic, where he had a beautiful See also:villa, on the 6th of See also:February 1894. Billroth was one of the most distinguished surgeons of his See also:day. His boldness as an operator was only equalled by his skill and resourcefulness; no See also:accident or emergency could disturb his coolness and presence of mind, and his ability to invent or carry out any new See also:procedure that might be demanded in the particular See also:case with which he was dealing, gained for him the appellation of " surgeon of See also:great initiatives." At the same See also:time he was full of See also:consideration for the comfort and well-being of his patient, and never forgot that he had before him a human being to be relieved, not a See also:mere " case " for the display of technical dexterity. He was especially interested in military surgery, and during the Franco-See also:German See also:War volunteered to serve in the hospitals of See also:Mannheim and See also:Weissenburg. His efforts did much to improve the arrangements for the transport and treatment of the wounded in war, and in a famous speech on the War See also:Budget in 1891, he eloquently urged the See also:necessity for an improved See also:ambulance See also:system, pointing out that the use of smokeless See also:powder and the greater precision of the arms of See also:modern warfare must tend to increase the number of men wounded, and that therefore more efficient means must be provided for removing them from the battlefield. Possessing a clear and graceful See also:style, he was the author of numerous papers and books on medical subjects; his Allgemeine chirurgische Pathologic and Therapie (1863) ran through many See also:editions, and was translated into many See also:languages. He was of an exceedingly See also:artistic disposition, and in particular was devoted to See also:music. A See also:good performer on the See also:pianoforte and See also:violin, he was an intimate friend and admirer of See also:Brahms, many of whose compositions were privately performed at his See also:house before they were published. His See also:work on the See also:physiology of music (Wer ist musikalisch ?) was published after his See also:death. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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