Carl Garrè

Carl Alois Philipp Garrè , also written Karl Garrè (born December 11, 1857 in Ragaz , † March 6, 1928 in Puerto de la Cruz ), was a Swiss surgeon.

Life

Garrè first studied for a year at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich, but then switched to medicine and completed his studies at the University of Bern and the University of Leipzig . With a doctoral thesis with Theodor Kocher , he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD . In 1884 he became August Socin's assistant in Basel , where he also took over the management of the surgical polyclinic. He completed his habilitation in Basel in 1886 and became a private lecturer in surgery and bacteriology . At the surgical clinic in Tübingen he became senior physician in 1888 and associate professor in 1889 .

Garrè took up the chair at the University of Rostock in 1894 and moved to the Albertus University of Königsberg in 1901 . There was Louis Halberstadt his assistant. From 1905 Garré was the successor of the late Johann von Mikulicz at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . After all, from 1907 to 1926 he was a full professor of surgery at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . During the First World War he was a general doctor . Through his own experiment, he proved that Staphylococcus aureus causes carbuncles and boils . The University of Bonn and the University of Geneva awarded him honorary doctorates . He died on a vacation trip to Tenerife .

with Heinrich Quincke : Outline of the lung surgery. Jena 1903.
with Oskar Ehrhardt : Kidney Surgery: A Handbook for Practitioners. S. Karger, Bern 1907.
with August Borchard : Textbook of Surgery. Vogel, Leipzig 1920; 14th and 15th editions, edited by Rudolf Stich and Karl Heinrich Bauer . Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1949.
with Paul Krause: Therapy of internal illnesses. 2 volumes, G. Fischer, Jena 1911.

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↑ According to information from the parish office in Bad Ragaz, the company entry of September 27, 1867 says "Carl Garre" (without accent).
↑ Dissertation: On glandular tuberculosis and the importance of early surgery .

personal data
SURNAME	Garrè, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Garrè, Carl Alois Philipp (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH	December 11, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ragaz
DATE OF DEATH	March 6, 1928
Place of death	Puerto de la Cruz