Gustavus M. Blech

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Gustavus M. sheet (born November 16 . Jul / 28. November  1870 greg. In Riga , Russian Empire as Gustavus Maximilian sheet ; † 9. August 1949 in Chicago , Illinois ) was a Russian-born American surgeon and university lecturer.

Life

Gustavus Blech was born as the son of Johann and Johanna Blech (Bljach). After emigrating to the United States in 1890, he received his medical degree from Barness Medical College in St. Louis , Missouri , in 1894 . He then worked at various medical institutions as a surgeon and professor of clinical surgery.

Blech was a veteran of the United States Army (highest rank colonel ) and Illinois National Guard (highest rank brigadier general ). He served in the Spanish-American War and the First World War .

He was married to Nelda Tschirley Blech. They were buried together in Arlington National Cemetery.

job

He is referred to as a "pioneer in the use of various surgical methods".

Blech has published many articles and was the editor of the Journal of Physical Therapy .

Works (selection)

  • together with August Karl Gustav Bier: Hyperemia as a Therapeutic Agent
  • The Practitioner's Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of Women
  • A Handbook of First Aid in Accidents Emergencies Poisoning Sunstroke, Etc. , 1916

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Military Surgeon. (No longer available online.) Forgottenbooks.org, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 10, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.forgottenbooks.org  
personal data
SURNAME Blech, Gustavus M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sheet metal, Gustavus Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American surgeon and professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1949
Place of death Chicago , Illinois