Eduard Albert (20 January 1841,

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– 26 September 1900, ŽamberkDeath and burial church record
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and

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working under the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Life

Eduard Albert was born in

in the family of

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František Albert and Kateřina Albertová (née Zdobnická). Further famous persons from their family were also František Albert (1856–1923),

and

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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 The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, where he earned his doctorate in 1867. At

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he was a student of

Salomon Stricker Salomon Stricker (1 January 1834 – 2 April 1898) was an Austrian pathologist and histologist. Career Stricker was born in Waag-Neustadtl (Hungarian: Vágújhely, now Nové Mesto nad Váhom in Slovakia). He studied at the University of Vienna, ...

(1834–1898) and Johann von Dumreicher (1815–1880). From 1873 to 1881, he was a professor of surgery in

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, where he introduced mandatory

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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

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(1847–1902). Albert is remembered for pioneer research in the field of

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surgery, in particular work involving tarsal and

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arthrodesis Arthrodesis, also known as artificial ankylosis or syndesis, is the artificial induction of joint ossification between two bones by surgery. This is done to relieve intractable pain in a joint which cannot be managed by pain medication, spli ...

for

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and recurring joint

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. Among his better-known students were

Adolf Lorenz Adolf Lorenz (21 April 1854, Vidnava – 12 February 1946, Sankt Andrä-Wördern) was an Austrian orthopedic surgeon. Career He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and subsequently worked as an assistant to surgeon Eduard Albert (1841� ...

(1854–1946), "The Bloodless Surgeon of Vienna",

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Emerich Ullmann Emerich Ullmann (23 February 1861 – 1937) was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Pécs. In 1884, he received his doctorate in Vienna, and afterwards worked in the surgical department of Theodor Billroth (1829–1894). Briefly, he worked a ...

(1861-1937) and

Antonio Grossich Antonio Grossich (7 June 1849 – 1 October 1926) was an italian surgeon from Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), a politician and a writer. Born in Draguć (Draguccio d'Istria), near Buzet (Pinguente), Istria, Grossich at first studied law in G ...

(1849–1926), who in 1908 introduced a procedure for applying the operative field with 10%

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(at first in emergency surgeries, later on for all types of surgery).Google Books
Pacific Medical Journal, Volume 55

Works

* ''Diagnostika chirurgických nemocí'' (1876) * ''Učebnice chirurgie a nauky operační'' (1877) * ''Paměti Žamberské'' (1889)

Gallery

Image:Žamberk,_hřbitov_a_kaple_svatého_Vojtěcha.jpg, Chapel of Saint Vojtěch´s in

´s graveyard, built at expense of E. Albert Image:Eduard albert grave.JPG, Grave of Eduard Albert in a cemetery in

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References

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