Hugo Hauke

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Hugo Hauke (born October 27, 1885 in Neisse ; † August 25, 1967 ) was a German medic and SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA medical group leader.

career

After the First World War , Hauke ​​worked as a doctor in Silesia, where he was chief physician of the surgical department of the municipal hospitals in Katowice and as a surgeon in Wroclaw . In the 1920s and 1930s he published numerous articles in medical journals. The textbook he wrote for the German women's associations of the Red Cross , which had been published in numerous editions since 1932, was widely used .

The treatment method developed by Hauke ​​of injecting paraffin into the chest of tuberculosis patients to accelerate the healing process received greater attention in professional circles .

Since about 1930 Hauke ​​belonged to the Sturmabteilung (SA), in which he took over duties as a doctor. By 1932 he rose to become the chief doctor of the SA in Silesia. On April 1, 1933, he was promoted to the rank of SA medical group leader.

Fonts

  • The Wieting operation , 1912.
  • Textbook for the female assistants of the German women's associations of the Red Cross , Berlin 1932. (New editions 1935, 1936 and 1937)

literature

  • Langenbeck's Archive for Clinical Surgery , Vol. 322 (1968), p. 15.

Individual evidence

  1. Life data from Langenbeck's archive for clinical surgery , vol. 322 (1968), p. 15; Place of birth according to DNB entry.
  2. ^ "Paraffin to heal Lungs", in: Popular Science Monthly , October 1929, p. 69.