Heinrich Heusser

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Heinrich Heusser (born September 21, 1894 in Riehen , † February 13, 1967 in Basel ) was a Swiss urologist, surgeon and professor at the University of Basel .

Heusser studied medicine in Basel until 1919, then was an assistant doctor in pathology, received his doctorate in 1921 ( on recurrent encephalitis haemorrhagica, at the same time a contribution to the knowledge of encephalitis after appendicitis ) and from 1921 was in the surgical clinic of the Basel public hospital (the university hospital), in he became senior physician (secondary physician) in 1924. In 1928 he completed his habilitation with the surgeon Carl Henschen . After that he was a surgeon at the private Bethesda Spital in Breitenbach SO until 1931 . In 1934 he became a senior doctor for urology at the Bürgerspital in Basel. This was represented by professor Friedrich Suter , but had no department of its own. Heusser also remained a surgeon at the surgical clinic. In 1939 he became an associate professor and in 1945 finally chief physician of the newly established second surgical department at the Bürgerspital. In 1951 he was given a teaching position in urology. The head of surgery, Rudolf Nissen , offered him a full professorship in urology if Heusser were to forego general surgery, which he refused, also because he feared that he would be financially worse off. In 1960 he was given a personal full professorship. During an operation (gastric resection) in which he assisted his future successor Georg Rutishauser , he suffered a stroke in 1965. He was paralyzed on one side and never recovered from it.

He was significantly involved in the implementation of urology in Basel and Switzerland and researched basic questions in urology and nephrology and, for example, urinary stone disease, benign prostate enlargement, urinary tract infections.

In 1953/54 he was president of the Swiss Society for Urology and 1957/58 of the Swiss Society for Surgery.

In 1955 he founded the Urologia internationalis journal for urology with GPA Narath .

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  1. ↑ Heusser, Heinrich. In: Swiss Lexicon . Volume 3. Lucerne 1992.
personal data
SURNAME Heusser, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss urologist and surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Riehen
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1967
Place of death Basel