Ferdinand Karewski (5 November 1858 – 31 October 1923) 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

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...

. He studied medicine in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, where one of his instructors was

James Israel James Adolf Israel (2 February 1848 – 2 February 1926) was a German surgeon. Academic background Israel was a native of Berlin, where he was born to Jewish parents. In 1870, Israel received his medical doctorate from Humboldt University ...

(1848–1926). He worked as a surgeon at the Jewish Hospital (''Jüdischen Krankenhaus'') in

as an assistant, and later as director of the policlinic. He is remembered for experiments involving the effects of

puerperal The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to end within 6 weeks as the mother's body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to a non-pregnant state. The terms puerperium, puerperal perio ...

secretions.
The Medical times and gazette

Selected publications

* ''Untersuchung über die Einwirkung auf den puerperaler Secrete thierischen organismus'', (1882) * ''Die chirurgischen Krankheiten des Kindesalters'', (1894)

References

Pagel: Biographical Dictionary
(biography of Ferdinand Karewski) German surgeons Physicians from Szczecin 1858 births 1923 deaths Physicians from the Province of Pomerania {{Germany-med-bio-stub