Franz von Pitha
Franz Pitha , from 1859 von Pitha , from 1875 Baron von Pitha (born February 8, 1810 in Rakom , Bohemia , † December 29, 1875 in Vienna ), was a Bohemian-Austrian surgeon .
Pitha studied at the University of Prague and was awarded a Dr. chir. doctorate, from 1843 he was the successor to his teacher Fritz Professor of Surgery. From 1857 to 1874 he was the head of surgery at the Josephinum in Vienna. In 1859 he was deployed as a military surgeon during the war in Italy , in the same year he was ennobled , and in 1875 he was promoted to baron.
He dealt with the new anesthetic procedures , with hospital burns , glottic edema and subcutaneous venous occlusions. He advocated boilable cotton as a bandage material and supported Theodor Billroth's appointment to Vienna.
Franz von Pitha found his final resting place in the Hietzingen cemetery .
Works
- Franz Freiherr von Pitha and Theodor Billroth [Hrsg.]: Manual of general and special surgery . 1865.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pitha, Franz Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 363–367 ( digitized version ).
- Ernst Gurlt : Pitha, Franz Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 202-204.
- Pitha Franz Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983,ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, p. 102 f. (Direct links on p. 102 , p. 103 ).
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SURNAME | Pitha, Franz von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pitha, Franz Freiherr von; Pitha, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian-Austrian surgeon |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1810 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rakom |
DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1875 |
Place of death | Vienna |