Adolph Zsigmondy
Adolph Zsigmondy (born April 24, 1816 in Pressburg , † June 23, 1880 ) was an Austrian dentist of Hungarian descent. Doctorates in Vienna : 1840 Dr. med. , 1843 Dr. chir. and in 1853 to the dentist. In 1848 he became the primary physician in the prison and at the same time acted as chief physician at the Augarten emergency hospital during and after the siege of Vienna .
He was an employee of Moriz Heider , a pioneer in the field of scientific dentistry , and continued his work. But he became known for his development of the Zsigmondy tooth scheme , which is still sometimes in use today. He was the first to describe the proximal contact and its wear. He further developed the gold hammer filling .
He was also Empress Sisi's dentist .
Adolph Zsigmondy was the father of Emil, Karl, Otto and Richard Zsigmondy
- Emil Zsigmondy (1861–1885), Austrian doctor and mountaineer
- Karl Zsigmondy (1867–1925), Austrian mathematician
- Otto Zsigmondy (1860–1917), Austrian dentist and mountaineer
- Richard Zsigmondy (1865–1929), Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize winner
His son Otto continued his work.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Zsigmondy, Adolf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 60th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1891, p. 278 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna 1901, column 1907
- Ärztewoche Online (Austria), No. 38, 2002: Vonpfuschern and tooth breakers
Individual evidence
- ^ G. Huszár: The role of the life and works of Adolf Zsigmondy and Ottó Zsigmondy in the history of dentistry. In: Fogorvosi szemle. Volume 82, Number 12, December 1989, ISSN 0015-5314 , pp. 357-363, PMID 2689240 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zsigmondy, Adolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zsigmondy, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian dentist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pressburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1880 |
| Place of death | Vienna |