Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Nussbaum (2 September 1829 – 31 October 1890) was a German

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who was a native of Munich. In 1853, he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Munich, where he studied under Karl Thiersch (1822–1895) and

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(1801–1891). In the following years he continued his surgical studies with

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(1807–1873), Charles Chassaignac (1805–79) and Jules Maisonneuve (1809–1897) in Paris, and under Bernhard von Langenbeck (1810–1887) in Berlin. During the early 1870s, he travelled to England, where he learned techniques of pelvic surgery under

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(1818–1897). From 1860 until 1890, Nussbaum was a professor of surgery at the University of Munich. During the Franco-Prussian War he served as a medical consultant for Bavarian troops. Nussbaum is remembered for the development of innovative surgical operations, and the introduction of Lister's antiseptic practices into surgery at Munich. Prior to antisepsis at Munich, there was an extremely high rate of death due to operative infection. Nussbaum's popular book on antiseptic treatment of wounds, ''Leitfaden zur antiseptischen Wundbehandlung'', was later translated into several languages. He also published significant works on

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and

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. A device designed for use with writer's cramp, "Nussbaum's bracelet", is named after him. He is buried in the

Alter Südfriedhof The Alter Südfriedhof (''Old South Cemetery'') also known as "Alter Südlicher Friedhof" is a cemetery in Munich, Germany. It was founded by Duke Albrecht V as a plague cemetery in 1563 about half a kilometer south of the Sendlinger Ga ...

in Munich, Germany.

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(definition of eponym) 1829 births 1890 deaths German surgeons Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Physicians from Munich Burials at the Alter Südfriedhof {{Germany-med-bio-stub