Moritz Katzenstein

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Moritz Katzenstein's grave in the Heerstrasse cemetery in Berlin-Westend

Moritz Katzenstein (born August 14, 1872 in Rotenburg an der Fulda , † March 23, 1932 in Berlin ) was a German surgeon.

Katzenstein was associate professor at the University of Berlin from 1913 and director of the II surgical department at the Friedrichshain Municipal Hospital from 1920 .

He developed new surgical methods, for example refixation, which was carried out for the first time in Germany on February 7, 1900, the reattachment of a torn meniscus. The Katzenstein method for testing the function of the heart is named after him.

Moritz Katzenstein died in Berlin in 1932 at the age of 59. His grave is in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: 5-B-1a).

literature

  • Kurt Franke: Moritz Katzenstein. Eminent Berlin surgeon - longtime friend of Albert Einstein . Hentrich & Hentrich Verlag, Berlin / Teetz 2005, ISBN 3-938485-14-0 .
  • HH Paessler, K. Franke, J. Gladstone: Moritz Katzenstein: the father of meniscus repair surgery. In: Arthroscopy . 19 (5), 2003 May-Jun, p. E39.
  • A. Franke, K. Franke: Three Jewish Germans as chief surgeons in the Berlin-Friedrichshain Hospital - a historical reminiscence. In: Zentralbl Chir. 130 (5), 2005 Oct, pp. 492-496.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 489.
personal data
SURNAME Katzenstein, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotenburg on the Fulda
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1932
Place of death Berlin