Philipp Erlacher
Philipp Johann Erlacher (born March 1, 1886 in Radenthein ; † January 29, 1980 in Vienna ) was an Austrian orthopedist .
Life
Philipp Erlacher, a native of Radenthein in Carinthia , devoted himself to the Matura a study of medicine at the University of Graz , which he in 1910 with the acquisition of the academic degree of Dr. med. completed. Erlacher then received an orthopedic surgical training with Fritz Lange in Munich and with Hans Spitzy in Graz.
In 1913, Erlacher took over the management of the orthopedic department of the Graz University Children's Clinic, succeeding Hans Spitzy, and two years later he was drafted as a soldier for the First World War. After the end of the war, Philipp Erlacher returned to Graz, completed his habilitation in orthopedic surgery in 1919 and was appointed associate professor in 1923.
In 1939 Philipp Erlacher moved to Vienna, took over the chair of the retired Hans Spitzy at the University of Vienna and in 1945 was entrusted with the medical management of the Speising Orthopedic Hospital , which he held until his retirement in 1965.
In addition, Erlacher was a founding member of SICOT, the world organization of orthopedic surgery, and from 1949 honorary member and 1954 president of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) .
Erlacher dealt primarily with surgery of peripheral nerves, pediatric surgery, scoliosis and prosthetics . In addition, he published more than 120 treatises on all issues of orthopedics, including his fundamental work "Technique of orthopedic surgery" published in 1928 . The Erlacher-Blount syndrome is named after Walter Putnam Blount.
Fonts
- An early symptom for the differential diagnosis of gonitis and tuberculosis coxitis, Konegen, Vienna, 1914
- The technique of orthopedic surgery: an operating theory from the entire field of orthopedics, J. Springer, Vienna, 1928
- Textbook of practical orthopedics, Maudrich, Vienna, 1955
- Orthopädie, In: Volume 10 of Therapy and Practice, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna, 1958
literature
- Edouard Vander Elst: Obituary Philipp Erlacher (1887-1980) In: International Orthopedics , 1980, Volume 4, Number 3, 235-236, doi : 10.1007 / BF00268162 .
- Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus : Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE), Volume 3, Page 151, KG Saur, 2000.
Web links
- Erlacher, Philipp. In: www.klinikum-graz.at
- Erlacher, Philipp. In: www.meduni-graz.at
- Erlacher, Philipp. In: www.wien.gv.at
- Erlacher, Philipp. In: www.whonamedit.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of honorary members of the (DGOU) ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: www.dgooc.de
- ↑ List of the presidents of the (DGOU) ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: www.dgooc.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erlacher, Philipp |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erlacher, Philipp Johann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian orthopedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radenthein |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1980 |
| Place of death | Vienna |