Rudolf Klapp

Rudolf Klapp (born February 16, 1873 in Arolsen , † February 15, 1949 in Marburg ) was a German surgeon .

Live and act

In 1902, Klapp completed his habilitation with August Bier at the University of Greifswald . In 1905 he became an associate honorary professor at the University of Bonn and in 1907 an associate professor and head of the University Surgical Clinic at the University of Berlin . In 1914, he first described the treatment of broken bones by extension using a flexible wire. In 1928 Klapp received a chair at the University of Marburg and was the dean of the medical faculty from 1933 to 1936 . In 1944 he retired.

Klapp earned merits in therapeutic gymnastics . He founded a school for the training of physiotherapists in Marburg, which still exists today . As early as 1905 he began to develop the “creeping procedure” named after him for the treatment of scoliosis and postural defects. The school found recognition through the demonstration of the Klappschen creep at the congress for physical education as part of the International Sports Student Camp during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Klapp was a supporting member of the SS , a member of the NS Medical Association and the NS Teachers Association . In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges .

literature

Anne Christine Nagel u. a. (Ed.): The Philipps University of Marburg under National Socialism. Documents related to their history. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000.
Klapp, Rudolf. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition. Vol. 5 (2006), p. 663 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , pp. 312 .
Evelyne Blau: Rudolf Klapp. Marburg surgeon and orthopedist in the Third Reich. Tectum, Marburg 2008 ISBN 978-3-8288-9492-1

Web links

Literature by and about Rudolf Klapp in the catalog of the German National Library
Rudolf Klapp School at the Marburg University Hospital
Klapp, Rudolf. Hessian biography. (As of March 4, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Christoph Weißer: The bone fracture treatment at Martin Kirschner and the development of the "Kirschner wire". Notes on a brilliant idea in surgery. Würzburg medical history reports 12 (1994), pp. 5-18; P. 7 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Klapp, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arolsen
DATE OF DEATH	February 15, 1949
Place of death	Marburg

[1] Christoph Weißer: The bone fracture treatment at Martin Kirschner and the development of the "Kirschner wire". Notes on a brilliant idea in surgery. Würzburg medical history reports 12 (1994), pp. 5-18; P. 7 f.