Paul Güterbock

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Paul Theodor Maximilian Güterbock (* 2. June 1844 in Berlin , † 17th October 1897 ibid ) was a German surgeon and urologist . Güterbock was a professor of medicine at Berlin University .

Life

Paul came from a Jewish family . His father was the medic and secret medical councilor Ludwig Güterbock (1814–1895). His uncle, a younger brother of his father, was the painter Leopold Güterbock . Paul was baptized Protestant together with his middle brother Alfred on October 30, 1860 in the Jerusalem Church in Berlin.

Güterbock studied medicine at the universities in Berlin and Würzburg . He received his doctorate in 1865 at the Medical Faculty of Berlin University with the dissertation De lactis digestione neonatorum as a doctor of medicine . The following year he passed the medical state examination and went on a long study trip to Vienna , Paris , London and Edinburgh . After his return he settled permanently in Berlin. He was first assistant doctor to Robert Wilms in the Deaconess House Bethanien , where he worked as a surgeon.

He soon opened his own private surgical clinic and qualified as a lecturer in surgery at Berlin University in 1873 . At the same time Güterbock became a laborer and in 1884 an assessor at the Brandenburg Medical College. In 1885 he was awarded the title of Medical Councilor for his services . In 1894 he was awarded the title of professor and in 1896 appointed to the Secret Medical Council. Paul Güterbock died after a long illness on October 17, 1897, at the age of 53, in Berlin. He was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Berlin-Schöneberg . The elaborate tomb in the style of late classicism was created by the architect Wilhelm Martens .

Güterbock left an extensive body of literature . For many years he was co-author of the Urological Section for the annual reports by Rudolf Virchow and August Hirsch . He wrote smaller articles on tracheotomy for diphtheria , cutaneous emphysema in diphtheria, joint diseases in abdominal typhoid and urethral incisions. He wrote reports about major amputations in the Bethanien Hospital but also numerous articles for the 15-volume Real Encyclopedia of All Medicine by Albert Eulenburg . In 1876 his monograph The newer methods of wound treatment on a statistical basis appeared , in 1881 the English hospitals in comparison with the German hospitals and in 1882 the public convalescent care . His main work The surgical diseases of the urinary and male genital organs appeared in three volumes from 1890 to 1898. He did not live to see the publication of the last volume. He was also the inventor of a special cystoscope .

Publications (selection)

  • De lactis digestione neonatorum. Berlin 1865 (dissertation).
  • About the Lister Association. Berlin 1870.
  • The newer methods of wound treatment on a statistical basis. Berlin 1876 ( digitized version ).
  • The English hospitals in comparison with the German hospitals. Berlin 1881 ( digitized version ).
  • Public convalescent care. Leipzig 1882.
  • On the disturbances of the urination in prostate hypertrophy. Berlin 1888.
  • The surgical diseases of the urinary and male genital organs. For doctors and students.
    • Part 1: The diseases of the urethra and prostate. Leipzig 1890 ( digitized ).
    • Part 2: The diseases of the urinary bladder. Leipzig 1890.
    • Part 3: stones and foreign bodies of the urinary bladder and urethra. Surgical diseases of the ureter. Leipzig 1894.
    • Part 4: The surgical diseases of the kidneys. Leipzig 1898.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptism Book, sheet 43; No. 339a and No. 339b
personal data
SURNAME Güterbock, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Güterbock, Paul Theodor Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1897
Place of death Berlin