Robert Kienböck

Robert Kienböck (born January 11, 1871 in Vienna ; † September 7, 1953 there ) was an Austrian radiologist.

Life

Kienböck in 1895 at the University of Vienna to Dr. med. PhD and later assistant to Leopold Schrötter von Kristelli . In 1904 he became head of the radiological department of the Vienna General Hospital . On October 1, 1925, he was appointed associate professor . With Guido Holzknecht he founded the Vienna X-ray Society . He wrote pioneering work on X-ray diagnostics and therapy and established Austria's first X-ray department. In particular, Kienböck developed a process for the optimal dosage of the X-ray intensity (Kienböck's quantimeter). The lunate malacia of the wrist is named after him.

Works

• About the effect of X-ray light on the skin . Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 50 (1900), pp. 1153–1166.
• About dosimeters and the quantimetric method . Advances in the field of X-rays 9 (1905), pp. 276-290.
• Radiotherapy: its biological basis, application methods and indications with an appendix radium therapy . Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1907.
• with Guido Holzknecht: Radiology. A revision of their technical facilities and practical methods . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin Vienna 1918–1924.
• X-ray diagnosis of bone and joint diseases . 1941.

literature

• E. Ruckensteiner: In memory of Robert Kienböck (1871-1953) and Josef Palugyay (1890-1953) . In: Fortschr. Building Rontgenstr. Nuclearmed. (1954) 81 (Suppl), pp. 20-23.
• Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Kienböck, Robert, radiologist; * January 11, 1871, Vienna, † September 7, 1953, ibid. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 737.
• JP Wagner, KC Chung: A historical report on Robert Kienböck (1871–1953) and Kienböck's Disease . In: J. Hand Surg. [Am] (2005) 30 (6), pp. 1117-1121.

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert Kienböck in the catalog of the German National Library
• www.whonamedit.com: Robert Kienböck
• Prof. Dr. Robert Kienböck 1871–1953 ( Memento from February 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• Biographical information from the Vienna University Library
• Vienna at the turn of the century - the cradle of modern radiation therapy. ( Memento from November 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
• Historical development of radiotherapy. ( Memento of January 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) at: gin.uibk.ac.at
• Entry on Robert Kienböck in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )