Walther Wendel
Walther Paul August Ludwig Wendel (born September 30, 1872 in Potsdam , † July 7, 1941 in Magdeburg ) was a German surgeon.
After attending the Friedrichs- and Kaiserin Augusta-Gymnasium in Berlin, Wendel studied medicine in Berlin . In 1894 he received his doctorate . He then received ten years of training at the University Clinic in Marburg under Ernst Küster . In 1900 he received his habilitation in surgery and in 1905 he was appointed associate professor .
In 1906 he succeeded Rudolf Habs as chief physician of the surgical clinic of the Magdeburg- Sudenburg hospital , which he headed until 1937.
Wendel developed new methods of thoracic surgery (surgical replacement of the esophagus ) and in the therapy of urinary bladder and adrenal diseases . He suggested the construction of a shadow-free operating lamp and, in 1927, pushed through the new construction of the surgical clinic, a clinker brick building in the style of Johannes Göderitz's “New Building Will” .
From 1919 to 1929, Wendel was a member of the Magdeburg city council. He was a member of the German Society for Surgery , the Medical Society of Magdeburg and 1935/36 President of the Rotary Club Magdeburg.
Web links
- Biography Wendel, Walther In: '' Magdeburger Biographisches Lexikon '' of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
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SURNAME | Wendel, Walther |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wendel, Walther Paul August Ludwig (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German surgeon |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1872 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1941 |
Place of death | Magdeburg |