Max Richard (medic)

Max Richard (born July 1, 1897 in Langendorf ; † 1953 ) was a Swiss surgeon .

Richard received his doctorate in 1925 from the University of Basel with a thesis on pseudarthrosis on the femoral neck . He was an assistant doctor at the Surgical Clinic of the University of Basel and senior physician at the Cantonal Hospital in Winterthur and at the Surgical Clinic of the University of Basel. From 1931 he was chief physician at the city hospital in Rorschach . His specialty was goiter surgery .

Fonts (selection)

• The pseudarthrosis of the femoral neck and its treatment. In: Journal of Surgery. Vol. 190 (1925), Issue 3/6, pp. 344-358 (dissertation, University of Basel, 1925).
• From the atomic nucleus to the human being, from the electron to the soul and the spirit: sketches of the doctor's worldview Huber, Bern / Stuttgart 1954.

literature

• Chief Physician Dr. med. M. Richard: 1897–1953: Words of remembrance spoken at the funeral service in the St. Gallen crematorium on December 9, 1953 and in the Evangelical Church of Rorschach on December 11, 1953. Löpfe-Benz, Rorschach [1954].
• Hans Meuli: Colonel Max Richard, chief physician at the municipal hospital in Rorschach, 1897–1953. In: Quarterly journal for Swiss medical officers. Vol. 31 (1954), No. 1, pp. 2-6.
• Otmar Elsener: The goiter surgeon with an international reputation. In: Ders .: Rorschach: Stories from the port city. Appenzeller Verlag, Herisau 2011, pp. 245–248.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Who’s who in Switzerland Including the Principality of Liechtenstein. 1952, p. 411.