Max Wilms
Karl Maximillian "Max" Wilhelm Wilms (born November 5, 1867 in Geilenkirchen - Hünshoven , † May 14, 1918 in Heidelberg ) was a German surgeon and university professor .
Life
According to the will of his father Peter Mathias Wilms, the notary and Justice was Max Wilms should jurisprudence study; However, he was more interested in medicine , so that he dropped out of law school after one semester and then studied medicine at the universities of Munich , Marburg , Berlin and Bonn . It was 1890 in Bonn with a thesis on esophagectomy for Dr. med. PhD . First he did research in the field of pathological anatomy at the Hessian Ludwig University and published a sensational paper on mixed tumors. In Gießen, Wilms designed a simple mercury manometer for measuring pressure in the spinal canal , the forerunner of today's intracranial pressure probe. In 1899 he completed his habilitation on the subject of " Ileus from a surgical point of view". From 1899 Wilms conducted research in Leipzig and became an associate professor there in 1904. In 1907 he was called to Basel as a full professor . In 1910 he became the holder of the surgery chair at Heidelberg University Hospital , which he held until 1918. On May 14, 1918, Wilms died of diphtheria , which he contracted while treating a French prisoner of war.
Focus of work
Wilms' clinical-scientific focus was on X-ray diagnostics and the radiation treatment of tumors and tuberculosis . For the treatment of tuberculosis, he introduced lung compression after partial resection of the ribs. Wilms wrote the textbook on surgery with Ludwig Wullstein , which reached seven editions and was translated into six languages.
Works
- The mixed tumors . Leipzig 1899.
- with Ludwig Wullstein: Textbook of surgery . Jena 1908–1909.
Eponyms
- Wilms tumor , malignant mixed tumor of the child's kidney
- Wilms' head hump : cones on the inner wall of teratomas
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Wilms in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curriculum vitae on the homepage of the Surgical University Clinic Heidelberg
- CV on the website whonamedit.com ( English )
- Overview of Max Wilms' courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1899 to summer semester 1907)
- Max Wilms in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilms, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilms, Karl Maximillian Wilhelm (full name); Wilms, Max (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German surgeon and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geilenkirchen - Hünshoven |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1918 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |