Walter Thiel (anatomist)

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Walter Thiel (born October 13, 1919 in Wetzwalde ; † February 3, 2012 in Graz ) was an Austrian anatomist .

Life

He studied medicine in Prague , Königsberg , Breslau and Würzburg , where he was granted an emergency license towards the end of the war. In 1947 he received his doctorate from the University of Graz . From 1960 until his retirement in 1990 he was full professor and head of the Anatomical Institute of the University of Graz. He developed a new preservation method, the so-called Thiel fixation , which, by replacing formalin and carbol with an aqueous salt solution with ethylene glycol, preserves the shape, color and consistency of the organic material and prevents hardening of the prepared tissue.

Honors

  • Decoration of honor of the provincial capital Graz in gold
  • Great gold medal of the state of Styria
  • Silver medal for services to the Republic of Austria
  • Auenbrugger Cross of Honor of the Medical University of Graz
  • The University of Dundee named their anatomy institute after Walter Thiel

Fonts (selection)

  • Anton Hafferl : Textbook of topographical anatomy. 3rd edition, revised by Walter Thiel. Springer, Berlin 1969.
  • The preservation of whole corpses in natural colors. In: Annales of Anatomy. Vol. 174 (1992), H. 3, pp. 185-195, doi: 10.1016 / S0940-9602 (11) 80346-8 .
  • Supplement for the conservation of whole corpses according to W. Thiel. In: Annales of Anatomy. Vol. 184 (2002), H. 3, pp. 267-269, doi: 10.1016 / S0940-9602 (02) 80121-2 .
  • Photographic Atlas of Practical Anatomy. 4 volumes. Springer, Berlin 1996-1999; 2nd, updated new edition 2003, ISBN 3-540-43445-3 (has been translated into numerous languages).
  • Ethics of the Dissecting Room. Edited by Friedrich Anderhuber . Edition book box, Graz 2009, ISBN 3-9502119-2-6 .

literature

  • Friedrich Anderhuber, Reinhold Reimann (ed.): "As from sugar". The Graz anatomist Walter Thiel. Leykam, Graz 1999, ISBN 3-7011-7418-0 .
  • Friedrich Anderhuber: Emeritus O. Univ. Prof. Dr. med. univ. Walter Thiel (1919–2012). In: Clinical Anatomy. Vol. 25 (2012), H. 4, S. 525 f., Doi: 10.1002 / ca.22073 .
  • Sue Black: Professor Walter Thiel. In: Axis: The Online Journal of CAHId. Vol. 4 (2012), H. 1 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Thiel, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian anatomist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzwalde
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 2012
Place of death Graz