Alfred Schanz
Alfred Schanz (born November 22, 1868 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl. , † November 17, 1931 in Dresden ) was a German orthopedist.
Life
After graduating from high school in Plauen , Schanz studied at the University of Leipzig , the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel and the University of Jena . In Jena he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. He completed his orthopedic training with Albert Hoffa in Würzburg. In Dresden he opened a medical practice in 1897 ; as early as 1899 he reported about the first 1000 patients and 1900 a private clinic. He dealt with the problems of congenital hip dislocation , coxa vara , scoliosis and spondylitis, which are still difficult today . In 1901 he was one of the founders of the German Society for Orthopedics .
During the First World War , he helped war invalids with prostheses . In 1918 he wrote an obituary for Friedrich Hessing .
He died as a medical councilor shortly before his 63rd birthday.
Works
- About the importance of massage and therapeutic gymnastics in scoliosis therapy . Breitkopf & Härtel 1901.
- The static load deformities of the spine, with special consideration of childhood scoliosis . Enke, Stuttgart 1904.
- Foot and Shoe - a treatise for doctors, shoemakers and foot sufferers . Enke, Stuttgart 1905.
- About the results and indications of scoliosis reduction . Vienna 1906.
- Handbook of orthopedic technology for doctors and bandagists . Jena 1908.
- About cripple distress and cripple aid, with special consideration of the conditions in the Kingdom of Saxony . Dresden 1908.
- The military healing process including procurement of prostheses and work aids . Teubner, Dresden 1916.
- Sick feet, healthy boots . Enke, Stuttgart 1916.
- The performance of artificial limbs . Enke, Stuttgart 1916.
- The future of our war-injured workers . Teubner, Dresden 1917.
- The doctrine of the static insufficiency diseases; with special consideration of the insufficientia vertebrae . Enke, Stuttgart 1921.
- Handbook of orthopedic technology, for doctors and bandagists. With 1545 illustrations . Gustav Fischer, Jena 1923.
- Practical orthopedics . Springer, Berlin 1928.
- The abdomen as an auxiliary supporting organ of the spine . Springer, Berlin 1931.
- Deformities in the area of the knee joint including the curvatures of the thigh and lower leg , in: Georg Joachimsthal: Handbuch der Orthopädischen Chirurgie , Vol. 2, pp. 457-580.
literature
- Jörn Henning Wolf: Alfred Schanz and his trick of screw fixation for fragment adjustment during osteotomy . Operative Orthopädie und Traumatologie 2 (1990), pp. 302-307, doi: 10.1007 / BF02514759 .
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). 2nd edition, vol. 8: Poethen - Schlueter. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-110-94025-1 , p. 761 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: On the case studies of apoplectiform bulbar paralysis with dementia .
- ↑ with Ernst Mayer: 1000 patients, one report . Stuttgart 1899.
- ^ August Rütt (ed.): History of orthopedics in the German-speaking area . Enke, Stuttgart 1993. ISBN 3-432-25261-7 , pp. 31, 36.
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SURNAME | Schanz, Alfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orthopedist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1868 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oelsnitz / Vogtl. |
DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1931 |
Place of death | Dresden |