Franz Kuhn (surgeon)

Franz Kuhn (born October 12, 1866 in Aschaffenburg , † March 28, 1929 in Berlin ) was a German surgeon .

Kuhn studied in Würzburg, Berlin and Munich and received his doctorate in Würzburg in 1891. In 1899 he became director of the Elisabeth Hospital in Kassel.

In 1911 he published the book Peroral Intubation . Together with Dräger he developed the Kuhn-Dräger anesthetic machine . However, Ferdinand Sauerbruch's resistance prevented the introduction of intubation in Germany.

literature

Andreas Thierbach: Franz Kuhn, his contribution to anaesthesia and emergency medicine. In: Resuscitation. 48, 3, 2001, ISSN 0300-9572 , pp. 193-197 PMID 11278082
Christa Niedobitek, Fred Niedobitek: genius without fame. Biographies by Walther Kausch , Franz Kuhn, Curt Schimmelbusch , Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge , Ernst Jeckeln, Friedrich Wegener . Jacobs Verlag, Lage 2010, ISBN 978-3-89918-186-9 .

Individual evidence

^ Franz Kuhn: The oral intubation. A guide to learning and performing the method with rich casuistry. With a foreword by Geh. Council Prof. Dr. O. Hildebrand, Berlin. Kassel 1911; New print Karger, Basel. ISBN 978-3-318-02903-1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kuhn, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aschaffenburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1929
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Franz Kuhn: The oral intubation. A guide to learning and performing the method with rich casuistry. With a foreword by Geh. Council Prof. Dr. O. Hildebrand, Berlin. Kassel 1911; New print Karger, Basel. ISBN 978-3-318-02903-1 .