Alexander Tietze (6 February 1864 – 19 March 1927) was a German

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

born in Liebenau. Tietze syndrome is named after him. In 1887 he received his doctorate at the University of Breslau, and from 1888 to 1895 was an assistant at the Breslau surgical clinic. During this time period he worked under

Jan Mikulicz-Radecki Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (german: Johann Freiherr von Mikulicz-Radecki) was a German-Polish-Austrian surgeon who worked mainly in the German Empire. He was born on 16 May 1850 in Czerniowce in the Austrian Empire (present-day Chernivtsi in Ukraine) ...

(1850-1905). In 1894 he gained his habilitation, subsequently becoming a primary physician at the ''Allerheiligen-Hospital'' (1896). In 1914-1920 he was a member of the Breslau City Council.

Written works

Tietze's best known work was a highly regarded textbook on emergency surgery that was published in 1927 (year of his death). * ''Die intrakraniellen Verletzungen der Gehirnnerven''. Neue deutsche Chirurgie, volume 18, 2.

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, 1916. * ''Dringliche Operationen''. Neue deutsche Chirurgie, volume 32; Stuttgart, 1924. * ''Die Chirurgie des Mastdarmes und des Afters''. with R. Reichle, in:

Martin Kirschner Martin Kirschner (28 October 1879 – 30 August 1942) was a German surgeon. Kirschner was born in Breslau, the son of Margarethe Kalbeck (sister of Max Kalbeck) and Judge Martin Kirschner (1842–1912), who later served as city councillor ( ...

(1879-1942) and Otto Nordmann (1878-1946)- Die Chirurgie, volume 5. Berlin and Vienna, Urban & Schwarzenberg. 6 volumes in 9 parts, 1926–1930.
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Alexander Tietze
@ Who Named It 1864 births German surgeons 1927 deaths People from Świebodzin County Physicians from the Province of Brandenburg {{germany-med-bio-stub