Karl Horatz

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Karl Horatz (born January 14, 1913 in Cologne , † May 16, 1996 in Hamburg ) was a German anesthetist, intensive care physician and university professor. He was a pioneer in German anesthesiology.

Life

Horatz began studying medicine at the Albertus University in Königsberg and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1934 he became a member of the Corps Bavaria Munich . He passed the state examination in 1938 at the University of Cologne , which also made him a Dr. med. PhD . He began his medical training with Heinrich Otto Kalk in Berlin. During the Second World War he was a military doctor in the Air Force (Wehrmacht) . In the post-war period he completed his surgical training with Georg Ernst Konjetzny and Albert Lezius at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf . Since 1947 he was particularly interested in anesthesiology. He conducted experimental and clinical research on hypothermia and anesthesia for cardiac surgery, which was also just emerging . The collaboration with Ludwig Zukschwerdt brought great progress and developed into personal friendship. Habilitated since 1957 , Horatz was appointed head of the department of anesthesiology at the Surgical University Clinic and Polyclinic Hamburg in 1960. In 1963 he was appointed associate professor . On January 1, 1966, he was appointed to the first German chair for anesthesiology by the University of Hamburg .

On April 10, 1953, Horatz was one of the founders of the German Society for Anesthesia in the Deutsches Museum . He later initiated its renaming to the German Society for Anesthesia and Resuscitation . He operated the separation of the professional association of German anesthesiologists from the specialist society in September 1961. Manfred Doehn and Peter Lawin belong to his students . Lawin became a pioneer and “pope” of intensive care medicine at the Altona General Hospital and at the Münster University Hospital .

Honors

  • President of the German Society for Anesthesia (1965/66)
  • Gold pin of honor of the German Society for Anesthesia
  • UKE doctoral award for anesthesiology and emergency medicine

literature

  • Manfred Doehn : Prof. Dr. med. Karl Horatz, Hamburg, on his 65th birthday. In: Practical Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Therapy. 13 (1978), p. 161.
  • M. Goerig, W. Schwarz: The founding members of the German Society for Anesthesia. Biographical Notes - 3rd episode. Prof. Dr. Karl Horatz (1913-1996). In: Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. 44 (2003), pp. 656-657.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 13/1684.
  2. ↑ Dissertation: The determination of creatine in the blood as a rapid method for assessing uremia .
  3. ^ A b Peter Lawin: On the 65th birthday of Karl Horatz. In: Anesthetic information. January 1978, p. 37 f.
  4. ↑ a b J. Schulte am Esch: Karl Horatz †. In: AINS - anesthesiology, intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, pain therapy . December 23, 1996.
personal data
SURNAME Horatz, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anesthetist, intensive care physician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1996
Place of death Hamburg