Max René Francillon
Max René Francillon (born March 1, 1899 in Lausanne , † December 13, 1983 in Zurich ) was a Swiss orthopedist and university professor .
Life
Max René Francillon attended high schools in Lausanne and Bad Kreuznach . 1919–1924 he studied medicine and anthropology at the University of Zurich and the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . In 1924 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. Since 1928 secondary doctor at the Balgrist Institution, he qualified as a professor in 1937 for orthopedics . From 1938 he ran a doctor's practice in Zurich for 12 years. In 1950 he was appointed associate professor as director of the (orthopedic) university clinic Balgrist . In 1967 he came to the chair. The main research areas were the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system, congenital hip dislocation , gait analysis and coxarthrosis . His students occupied four of the five Swiss chairs for orthopedics.
Works
- Scientific work: 1924–1976, on the occasion of his 80th birthday . Zurich 1979.
Honors
- President of the Swiss Society for Orthopedics (1956–1958)
- President of the German Society for Orthopedics (1960/61)
- Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1966)
- Honorary member of several orthopedic associations
literature
- Georg Hohmann : Max René Francillon on l. March 1969 70 years . Archive for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery 65 (1969), pp. I – II.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: Influence of aerobic mixed infection on the development and toxin formation of the Bacillus botulinus .
- ^ Habilitation thesis: Contribution to the knowledge of the congenital hip dislocation .
- ↑ Historical Lexicon of Switzerland
- ↑ The Balgrist
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| SURNAME | Francillon, Max René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Francillon, Max René Eugène (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss orthopedist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 1983 |
| Place of death | Zurich |