Wilhelm Schulthess
Wilhelm Schulthess-Wyder (born May 18, 1855 in Villnachern , † March 6, 1917 in Zurich ) was a Swiss internist and pediatrician. He dedicated himself to the treatment of scoliosis and founded the Schulthess Clinic named after him at the Balgrist in Weinegg and today's Balgrist University Clinic . He was “the outstanding personality of Swiss orthopedics in the second half of the 19th century”.
Professional activity
Schulthess was a descendant of the clergyman Johann Georg Schulthess , who founded the Monday Club in Berlin in 1749 .
From 1883 he headed the Orthopedic Institute on Löwenstrasse in downtown Zurich, which moved to Neumünsterallee in Riesbach in 1896 . In this private clinic, he and the (German-born) surgeon August Lüning (1852–1925) mainly treated misalignments of the spine. In order to enable children from less wealthy families to receive appropriate therapy, he started a fundraising campaign that resulted in the establishment of the Swiss Association for Crippled Children in 1909 (since 1966: Swiss Association Balgrist ). This association opened the Orthopedic Institution Balgrist with 74 beds on the Balgrist Hill on November 12, 1912, which is considered the forerunner of today's Balgrist University Hospital.
Schulthess died of a heart attack at the age of 62. His son-in-law Eugen Hallauer and his daughter Claire Hallauer-Schulthess took over the management of the private clinic on Neumünsterallee. In 1935 this was transferred to the non-profit Wilhelm Schulthess Foundation. The expansion into an internationally recognized clinic took place under Norbert Gschwend , as did the move to a new building in Lengghalde near Balgrist, not far from the Balgrist University Clinic in 1995.
The Swiss Federal Councilor Edmund Schulthess was his brother and Tina Truog-Saluz was his niece.
Fonts (selection)
- with August Lüning : Atlas and floor plan of orthopedic surgery for students and doctors. Lehmann, Munich 1901 ( archive.org ).
literature
- Beat Rüttimann : Wilhelm Schulthess (1855–1917) and the Swiss orthopedics of his time. Polygraphischer Verlag, Zurich 1983.
- Beat Rüttimann: Schulthess, Wilhelm. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 23, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schulthess Clinic (Healio)
- ^ August Rütt (Ed.): History of orthopedics in the German-speaking area . Enke, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-432-25261-7 , p. 58.
- ↑ Dr. Thomas Böni and Prof. Beat Rüttimann: History of the Balgrist University Hospital ( Memento from December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ History of the Schulthess Clinic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulthess, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulthess-Wyder, Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss internist and pediatrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villnachern |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1917 |
| Place of death | Zurich |