Max Walthard
Robert Rudolf Maximilian Walthard (born April 7, 1867 in Bern , † September 29, 1933 in Zurich ) was a Swiss gynecologist .
Life
Walthard was born the son of a factory owner. He studied medicine at the Universities of Bern , Würzburg , Berlin and London and received his doctorate in Bern in 1891. After working in hospital and as an assistant at the surgical and obstetrical-gynecological clinic at the University of Bern, he received his habilitation in obstetrics and gynecology in 1895. In 1903 the University of Bern appointed him adjunct professor .
In 1908 he was appointed director of the gynecological department of the new gynecological clinic of the municipal hospital in Frankfurt am Main. In 1911 he also took over the management of the obstetrics department of the women's clinic. In mid-August 1914 he was appointed professor for obstetrics and gynecological diseases at the newly founded University of Frankfurt am Main . During the First World War, Walthard was medical officer and worked as the deputy head of the surgical department of the Aarau cantonal hospital . In October 1920 he became full professor for obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Zurich and director of the University Women's Clinic in Zurich.
He worked mainly in the fields of pathological anatomy , bacteriology and gynecological neurology . During his time in Frankfurt am Main, Walthard advocated conservative treatments in gynecology and, according to medical historian Richard Koch , introduced psychotherapy that supports treatment.
The physicians Karl Max Walthard and Bernhard Walthard were his sons.
literature
- Udo Benzenhöfer : The University Medicine in Frankfurt am Main from 1914 to 2014. Kontur, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-944998-01-5 , pp. 60, 61, 69.
- Richard Koch : Time before your time. Autobiographical records (= medicine and philosophy. Volume 8). Edited by Frank Töpfer and Urban Wiesing . Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-7728-2226-6 , p. 449 f.
- Dieter Räber: The gynecologist Max Walthard (1967-1933). Juris, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-260-05300-X (dissertation, University of Zurich).
- Walthard, Max. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition. Volume 10, 2008, p. 395 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Walthard in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walthard, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walthard, Robert Rudolf Maximilian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1933 |
| Place of death | Zurich |