Max Schatzmann
Max Schatzmann (born March 3, 1916 in Oberuzwil , † December 11, 2007 in Münsterlingen ), reformed , entitled to live in Frauenfeld and Windisch , was a Swiss dentist and philanthropist .
Life
Max Schatzmann, born in 1916 as the son of the engineer Hans Schatzmann and the granddaughter of the liberal politician Karl Alfred Fehr Elisa Margaretha, moved with his mother and two siblings to his widowed grandmother in Frauenfeld after the early death of his father. Max Schatzmann graduated from the Frauenfeld Cantonal School, then devoted himself to studying dentistry at the University of Zurich , in 1941 he passed the state examination, in 1943 he received his doctorate , in the same year he opened his own dental practice in Weinfelden , which he resigned in 1984 .
Max Schatzmann - he pointed out the importance of prophylaxis - developed the two "Schatzmann attachments" , which were used in partial prosthetics, in collaboration with Cendres + Métaux in Biel before 1960 . Around 1970 Max Schatzmann found out that the use of extraction tongs, coated with diamond splinters, significantly increased the gripping ability.
In 1980 Schatzmann founded the "Old gold for eyesight" campaign , which is also supported in Germany and the Netherlands . The proceeds from the collection of old dental gold and gold jewelry are donated to hospitals in Nepal , Tibet and Africa for ophthalmic purposes. In 2008 a record result of 1.67 million Swiss francs was posted. The Swiss Dental Association and the Swiss Red Cross have taken part in the campaign to “combat poverty blindness” since its inception .
Schatzmann, who also turned to landscape painting, donated the proceeds from the sale of his paintings to the eye project. In 1992 the Swiss Red Cross honored him by awarding him the Medal of Merit. Max Schatzmann - he had been married to Elisabeth Katharina nee Walther since 1944 - died in 2007 three months before he was 92 years old in Münsterlingen.
font
- Cinematographic analysis of vestibular compensation mechanisms in the resting eye and in postrotatory nystagmus, dissertation , Zurich, 1943
literature
- Eugen Ettlin: Swiss Monthly Journal for Dentistry, 2008, number 2, page 166 f. Retrieved January 11, 2012
Web links
- Simone Egger: Schatzmann, Max. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .
- Entry by Max Schatzmann in www.ktipp.ch, article by Franco Tonozzi from April 13, 2005, accessed on January 11, 2012
- Entry by Max Schatzmann in www.tagblatt.ch, article from November 17, 2004, accessed on January 11, 2012
- Entry by Max Schatzmann in www.tagblatt.ch, article from December 22, 2007, accessed on January 11, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schatzmann, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss dentist and philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberuzwil |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Munsterlingen |