Julius Nicolaysen (31 July 1831 – 25 December 1909) was a Norwegian professor of medicine.

Personal life

He was born in Bergen as a son of merchant and banker Lyder Wentzel Nicolaysen (1794–1876) and Cathrine Margrethe Wilhelmine Bernhoft (1808–1871). He was a half-brother of Nicolay Nicolaysen and first cousin of Niels Aars Nicolaysen. In April 1859 in Borre he married his first cousin Bolette Marie Berentine Nicolaysen (1835–1922). They had the sons

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, Lyder Wenzel Nicolaysen and

Wilhelm Nicolaysen Wilhelm Lorentz Lexau Nicolaysen (16 February 1869 – 22 July 1944) was a Norwegian barrister and businessperson. He was born in Kristiania as a son of professor of medicine Julius Nicolaysen (1831–1909) and Bolette Marie Berentine Nicolaysen ( ...

. He was also an uncle of Lyder Wentzel Christie Nicolaysen and grandfather of Knud Dahl Nicolaysen.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1849 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the

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degree in 1856. He worked in Christiania, Kragerø and Møre before becoming a surgeon for army companies in

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(1857–1860) and Christiania (1862). He was hired at Rikshospitalet in 1863; from 1867 to 1870 he was a research fellow at the university (including thirteen months in the United States). He was a professor at the university and chief physician at Rikshospitalet, until retiring from both posts in 1908. His special field was surgery, but he was also a prominent scholar in

dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

. He was the first in Norway to perform

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(1866), resection in the knee (1881) and resection in the bowel (1885). He also contributed significantly to the introduction of antiseptic, later

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methods in surgery. He chaired the

Norwegian Medical Society The Norwegian Medical Society ( no, Det norske medicinske Selskab, la, Societas Medica Norvegica) is a medical organisation in Norway. It has its roots in an informal group created in 1826, which subscribed to and shared foreign medical journa ...

in 1880, received an honorary degree at the University of Copenhagen in 1879 and was a fellow in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1875. He was decorated as a Knight of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1889; upgraded to Commander in 1897.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolaysen, Julius 1831 births 1909 deaths Physicians from Bergen Norwegian dentists Norwegian surgeons University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Oslo University Hospital people Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Norwegian expatriates in the United States 19th-century dentists