Johannes Bishko

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Johannes Bischko (born August 5, 1922 in Vienna ; † November 5, 2004 ) was an Austrian physician.

life and work

He became known for his efforts to establish Chinese medicine , especially acupuncture , in Europe within conventional medicine .

He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and trained as a surgeon. As early as the 1950s he made numerous trips to Paris and Munich , where he studied acupuncture in detail, followed by study trips to China . Through the scientific processing he created the Vienna School of Acupuncture .

In addition to his teaching and research activities, he founded the Austrian Society for Acupuncture in 1954 and from 1958 ran an acupuncture clinic in the ENT department of the Vienna Polyclinic .

He became known to a wide audience when he performed a tonsil operation in the auditorium of the Vienna Polyclinic in 1972 with acupuncture as a local anesthetic.

In 1972, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Acupuncture was launched, which was renamed the Johannes Bischko Institute in 2005.

He has received numerous national and international awards for his work, such as the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class (1975) and the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna (1987). In 1981 he was given the professional title of professor.

The Johannes Bishko Medal is also awarded in his honor.

In 2019, Johannes-Bischko-Platz in Vienna- Hietzing (13th district) was named after him. Not far from there, Bishko lived in Unter-St.-Veit .

The most important milestones of acupuncture in Austria:

  • 1953 - Foundation of a forerunner of the Austrian Society for Acupuncture
  • 1954 - Foundation of the Austrian Society for Acupuncture
  • 1957 - The 9th International Acupuncture Congress is held in Vienna
  • 1958 - Establishment of an acupuncture clinic at the Vienna Polyclinic
  • 1972 - 1st operation under acupuncture analgesia in the western world, Vienna
  • 1972 - All board members are invited to Beijing as state guests
  • 1972 - Foundation of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Acupuncture, Vienna
  • 1972 - first translation of the new Chinese acupuncture tables (A. Meng)
  • 1976 - Chinese acupuncture specialists come to Austria
  • 1976 - Foundation of the working group for TUINA (A. Meng)
  • 1983 - World Congress for Acupuncture in Vienna / Foundation of ICMART
  • 1984 - J. Bischko becomes the first President of ICMART
  • 1986 - Recognition of acupuncture as a scientific healing method by the Supreme Sanitary Council of Austria
  • 1989 - ICMART symposium in Vienna
  • 1991 - Introduction of the official medical chamber diploma for acupuncture
  • 1992 - Relocation of the ÖGA and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Acupuncture to the Kaiserin Elisabeth Hospital
  • 1992 - Liertzer becomes President of ICMART
  • 1994 - Study trip of the board of the ÖGA to China
  • 1997 - 25th anniversary of the Boltzmann Institute for Acupuncture
  • 2005 - Foundation of the Johannes Bischko Institute for Acupuncture
  • 2005 - 1st Johannes Bischko symposium for acupuncture in Vienna
  • 2007 - 2nd Johannes Bischko symposium for acupuncture in Vienna
  • 2008 - The Austrian Society for Acupuncture turns 55 years old
  • 2009 - 3rd Johannes Bischko symposium for acupuncture in Vienna
  • 2011 - 4th Johannes Bischko symposium for acupuncture in Vienna
  • 2012 - Another milestone took place in August 2012: the acupuncture outpatient clinic, the Austrian Society for Acupuncture and the Johannes Bischko Institute for Acupuncture moved to the Rosenhügel Neurological Center due to the closure of the Empress Elisabeth Hospital in November 2012.
  • 2013 - ICMART 2013 - Anniversary congress of the International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques and the Austrian Society for Acupuncture in Vienna with the 5th International Johannes Bischko Symposium for Acupuncture as a "Side Symposium" (venue: Society of Doctors in "Billroth -House")

Publications

  • Practice of Acupuncture Introduction to Acupuncture Vol. 1-4
  • with Werner Mang : The meridians Yin and Yang as well as the location and meaning of their main, special, reunion, cardinal and master points. WBV, Biologische-Medizin Verl.-Ges., Schorndorf 1979, ISBN 3-921988-23-3 .

literature

  • Manfred Richart, with a contribution by Alexander Meng : Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Bischko ... a life for acupuncture. after stories and interviews with Prof. Dr. Johannes Bischko - the pioneer of acupuncture in the western world. Maudrich Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85175-817-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Only for the poor and completely free of charge" ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Old Medical Vienna 62)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aerztewoche.at
  2. ↑ Acupuncture in Austria
personal data
SURNAME Bischko, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian medic
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 2004