Hermann Krukenberg
Hermann Krukenberg (born June 21, 1863 in Calbe ; † October 2, 1935 in Wernigerode ) was a German surgeon . Hermann Krukenberg is the grandson of Peter Krukenberg and brother of Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg and Georg Krukenberg .
Krukenberg studied medicine in Strasbourg , Bonn and Heidelberg . In the following years he was assistant to Friedrich Trendelenburg in Bonn and Max Schede at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf . In 1892 Krukenberg became managing director of a private clinic in Halle (Saale) . In 1899 he accepted a position as chief physician in the city hospital in Liegnitz . From 1907 he headed a private surgical clinic in Elberfeld .
As a field doctor in the First World War , he developed an operating technique in which a gripping movement is made possible by splitting the forearm after amputation of a hand ( Krukenberg plastic ).
literature
- Martin Friedrich Karpa: The history of the arm prosthesis with special consideration of the performance of Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951). Dissertation, Bochum 2005 ( PDF, 4.7 MB )
- Markwart Michler : Krukenberg, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 119 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Krukenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krukenberg, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and orthopedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calbe |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1935 |
| Place of death | Wernigerode |