Hans Tichy (doctor)

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Johannes Alois Karl Tichy (born on May 8, 1888 in Schreiberhau ; died on January 15, 1970 in Dresden ) was a German balneologist and rheumatologist and professor at the Carl Gustav Carus Medical Academy .

Life

Hans Tichy was the son of Johann Tichy and his wife Emilie, née Partsch. His father was a master glass painter at the Schaffgotschen Glashütte von Schreiberhau, his mother was the daughter of Alois Partsch (1821-1892), at the time commercial director of the glassworks that opened in 1842 as the "Josephinenhütte". His uncle was the geographer Joseph Partsch .

After primary school in Schreiberhau and in 1907 he passed the Abitur at the Gymnasium in Hirschberg , Hans Tichy began studying medicine at the University of Breslau , but in 1910 he switched to the University of Marburg . After a successful state exam in 1913, practical year at the University Surgical Clinic and Polyclinic Medical Marburg, he was 1914, the approval granted, he also was in 1914 with the thesis "Clinical and experimental contribution to the operation of the floating kidney" doctorate .

This was followed for a short time as a trainee and assistant doctor at the Pathological-Anatomical Institute of the University of Leipzig , which ended with the beginning of the First World War . During the war, Tichy was used at the military hospital in Constanța and at the reserve hospital in Freiberg . He continued his training as a specialist in surgery and orthopedics in 1919 at the Surgical University Clinic in Marburg. After passing his exam, he returned to Schreiberhau in 1921, where he first established a practice and in 1923 a private surgical clinic. At the same time, as a doctor, he devoted himself to the care of the cripple in the Hirschberg district .

In 1937 Hans Tichy took over the management of the rheumatism research center and the rheumatism clinic at the University of Breslau in Bad Warmbrunn , where he had previously worked as a spa doctor . In Bad Warmbrunn he served as chief physician of the reserve hospital during the Second World War . After brief captivity, he worked at the rheumatism research institute in Bad Elster from 1945 to 1947 , where he was fired after the denazification process . In 1948 he moved to Dresden to work as chief physician at the private rheumatism institute Klotzsche , which, under his direction and after the transfer to public ownership, developed into the Institute for Rheumatism Research and the Fight against Rheumatism of the GDR , as it was called from 1951.

In 1955 he was given a teaching position at the "Carl Gustav Carus" Medical Academy, founded in 1954 , where he was appointed professor in 1956. In 1966 he retired as head of the Institute for Rheumatism Research , but remained its library director. His son was the geographer Franz Tichy .

Honors

Hans Tichy has received several awards for his achievements. In 1952 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Doctor of the People , in 1962 he received the Rudolf Virchow Prize of the German Democratic Republic together with Karl Seidel and Gerhard Heidelmann , and in 1963 the Hufeland Medal of the GDR. He was also awarded the Bronze Patriotic Order of Merit in 1957 . Hans Tichy was an honorary member of the German Society for Rheumatology , as well as the Swedish and Italian Society for Rheumatology. A street in the Dresden district of Klotzsche is named after him.

Fonts (selection)

  • with Gustav Velde, Viktor Schilling , Hanns Schwarz, Karl-Heinz Elsaesser: Pension and disability assessment for rheumatism, diabetes mellitus, blood damage and nervous diseases. Barth, Leipzig 1954.
  • with Karl Seidel , Gerhard Heidelmann: textbook of rheumatology. VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin 1959 (2nd edition 1962).
  • The rheumatic diseases: basics, methods and tasks of an extended preventive care and care. VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin 1962.
  • Infection and hearth infection in rheumatology (= The rheumatism. Volume 40). Steinkopff, Darmstadt 1967.

literature

  • Caris-Petra Heidel, Marina Lienert (eds.): The professors of the Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and its predecessor institutions 1814-2004. Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-5981-1720-5 , p. 222.
  • Volker Klimpel : Dresden Doctors: Historical-Biographical Lexicon. Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden 1998, p. 147.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Hans Tichy's curriculum vitae printed in the context of his dissertation in: Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection. Volume 2282, p. 113.
  2. ^ Ingo Kühne: Franz Tichy (1921-2004). In: Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft Vol. 52, pp. 35–45, here: p. 36 ( online ).
  3. ↑ New Germany . Volume 16, No. 340, from December 11, 1961, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Tichy, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tichy, Johannes Alois Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rheumatologist, balneologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Schreiberhau
DATE OF DEATH 15th January 1970
Place of death Dresden