Eduard Albert
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surgeon
Surgeon
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, professor
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and historian
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.
Life
Eduard Albert was born in ŽamberkŽamberk
Žamberk is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,100 inhabitants.-Museums and Historic Sites:* Municipal Museum – Československé armády 472* House of Prokop Diviš – Helvíkovice 326* Litice - ancient castle...
, Bohemia
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in the family of clockmaker
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František Albert and Kateřina Albertová (née Zdobnická). Further famous persons from their family were also František Albert (1856–1923), surgeon
Surgeon
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and writer
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, Tereza Svatová (1858–1940), writer and Kateřina Thomová (1861–1952), notable creatress of amateur theatre in Žamberk and founder of municipal museum in Žamberk.
Eduard Albert studied medicine at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
, where he earned his doctorate in 1867. At Vienna
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he was a student of Salomon Stricker
Salomon Stricker
Salomon Stricker – 2 April 1898) was an Austrian pathologist and histologist who was born in Waag-Neustadtl, which is now part of Slovakia. He studied at the University of Vienna, and subsequently became a research assistant at the Institute of Physiology under Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke...
(1834–1898) and Johann von Dumreicher
Johann von Dumreicher
Johann von Dumreicher, fully Johann Friedrich Freiherr Dumreicher von Österreicher was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Trieste. He was the father of Armand von Dumreicher , a politician known for educational reforms.He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in...
(1815–1880). From 1873–1881 he was a professor of surgery in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, where he introduced mandatory antiseptic
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Antiseptics are antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putrefaction...
treatment for wounds. In 1881 Albert attained the chair of surgery in Vienna, where he remained until 1900. He was succeeded at Innsbruck in 1881 by Carl Nicoladoni
Carl Nicoladoni
Carl Nicoladoni was an Austrian surgeon who was born in Vienna. He received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, and was later a professor of surgery at the Universities of Innsbruck and Graz .Nicoladoni specialized in orthopedic and reconstructive surgery...
(1847–1902).
Albert is remembered for his pioneer research in orthopedic
Orthopedics
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surgery, particularly his work concerning tarsal
Tarsus (skeleton)
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and shoulder
Shoulder
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle , the scapula , and the humerus as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder make up the shoulder joints. The major joint of the shoulder is the glenohumeral joint, which...
arthrodesis
Arthrodesis
Arthrodesis, also known as artificial ankylosis or syndesis, is the artificial induction of joint ossification between two bones via surgery. This is done to relieve intractable pain in a joint which cannot be managed by pain medication, splints, or other normally-indicated treatments. The typical...
for paralysis
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...
and recurring joint dislocations
Dislocation (medicine)
Joint dislocation, or luxation , occurs when bones in a joint become displaced or misaligned. It is often caused by a sudden impact to the joint. The ligaments always become damaged as a result of a dislocation...
. One of his better-known students were Adolf Lorenz
Adolf Lorenz
Adolf Lorenz was an Austrian orthopedic surgeon who was a native of Weidenau, Austrian Silesia . He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and subsequently worked as an assistant to surgeon Eduard Albert in Vienna. In 1901 he was one of the founders of the German Society of Orthopaedic...
(1854–1946), "The Bloodless Surgeon of Vienna", and Antonio Grossich
Antonio Grossich
Antonio Grossich . He was a surgeon from Fiume, a politician and writer....
(1849–1926) who in 1908 invented the application of Tincture of iodine
Tincture of iodine
Tincture of iodine is a disinfectant, usually 2–7% elemental iodine, along with potassium iodide or sodium iodide, dissolved in a mixture of ethanol and water. As in the case of Lugol's iodine, the role of iodide and water in the solution is to increase the solubility of the elemental iodine, by...
as a way to treat the surgical field.
Works
- Diagnostika chirurgických nemocí (1876)
- Učebnice chirurgie a nauky operační (1877)
- Paměti Žamberské (1889)