Curt Theodor Schimmelbusch (November 16, 1860, – August 2, 1895) was a German

Germany

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 physician

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 and pathologist after whom the Schimmelbusch mask is named. He was born in Groß-Nogath and died in Berlin

Berlin

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Life

From 1879 to 1882, Schimmelbusch studied natural sciences in Freiburg

University of Freiburg

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 and Munich, and medicine in Würzburg

University of Würzburg

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, Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

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 and Halle

University of Halle-Wittenberg

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Schimmelbusch became doctor of medicine at Halle in 1886 and an assistant to Karl Joseph Eberth

Karl Joseph Eberth

Karl Joseph Eberth was a German pathologist and bacteriologist who was a native of Würzburg.In 1859 he earned his doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and became an assistant to anatomist Albert von Kölliker...

 (1835–1926) at the anatomical institute. Starting from 1888, he was an assistant in the civil hospital in Cologne

Cologne

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 with Bernhard Bardenheuer

Bernhard Bardenheuer

Bernhard Bardenheuer was a German surgeon.In 1864 he received his doctorate from Berlin, where he studied under Bernhard von Langenbeck...

 (1839-1913) and, from 1889, in Berlin with Ernst von Bergmann

Ernst von Bergmann

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 (1836–1907). In 1892 he earned his habilitation

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Schimmelbusch designed the (Schimmelbusch-Maske

Schimmelbusch-Maske

The Schimmelbusch mask — is a special device, applied in anesthesiology many years ago The Schimmelbusch mask — is a special device, applied in anesthesiology many years ago The Schimmelbusch mask — is a special device, applied in anesthesiology many years ago (though it is still applied in some...

), a mask of wire mesh to allow a patient to inhale diethyl ether

Diethyl ether

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Works

• Together with Karl Joseph Eberth
  Karl Joseph Eberth
  Karl Joseph Eberth was a German pathologist and bacteriologist who was a native of Würzburg.In 1859 he earned his doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and became an assistant to anatomist Albert von Kölliker...
  
  : Blutplättchen und die Thrombose. Stuttgart, 1888.
• Together with Karl Joseph Eberth: Die Thrombose nach Versuchen und Leichenbefunden. Stuttgart, 1888.
• Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Thrombose. Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin.
• Über das Verhältnis der Thrombose zur Blutgerinnung. Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin.
• Die Zusammensetzung der Thrombus. Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin.
• Anleitung zur aseptischen Wundbehandlung. Berlin 1892.