Charles McBurney (medic)
Charles McBurney (born February 17, 1845 in Roxbury , Massachusetts , † November 7, 1913 in Brookline , Massachusetts) was an American surgeon who is best known as a pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis ("appendicitis").
After studying medicine at Harvard (until 1866) and earning a doctorate in New York (1870), he went on a study trip to Europe. He then returned to New York as a surgeon and professor of this field, where his clinic quickly achieved international recognition.
McBurney published his classic report on early surgical intervention for appendicitis before the New York Surgical Society in 1889 . He described the point of greatest pain in the right lower abdomen, which has since been known as the McBurney point . In 1894 he published the change cut .
literature
- C. McBurney: Experience with early operative interference in cases of disease of the vermiform appendix . In: New York Medical Journal. 1889, vol. 50, pp. 676-684.
- CG Thomas Jr .: Experiences with Early Operative Interference in Cases of Disease of the Vermiform Appendix by Charles McBurney, MD, Visiting Surgeon to the Roosevelt Hospital, New York City. In: Review of surgery. May-June 1969, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 153-66, PMID 4893208 .
Web links
- Charles McBurney at www.whonamedit.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Kern : Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000, ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 202.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McBurney, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxbury |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1913 |
| Place of death | Brookline (Massachusetts) |