Max Schede (7 January 1844 – 31 December 1902) was a German

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born in

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. Schede studied medicine at the Universities of Halle,

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and Zurich, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1866. After serving as a doctor in the

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, he became an assistant to

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(1830-1889) at Halle. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was in charge of a ''Feldlazaretts''. In 1875, he appointed head of the surgical department at Friedrichshain Hospital in

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, and from onward 1880, he practiced surgery at St. Georg Hospital in

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. At Hamburg he was a catalyst towards the construction of Eppendorf Hospital, becoming head of its surgical department in 1888. In 1895 he was chosen professor of surgery at the

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. Schede was a pioneer of

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in Germany. In 1890 he introduced a surgical procedure called thoracoplasty, an operation involving resection of the thorax for treatment of chronic

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. His name is associated with the "Schede method", also known as "Schede's clot", a procedure that involves scraping off dead tissue in bone

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, allowing the cavity to fill with blood, then covering it with

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and rubber. In 1874 he was a co-founder of the journal "''Zentralblatt für Chirurgie''".

Selected writings

* ''Meine Erfahrungen über Nierenexstirpationen'', 1899 – On extirpation of the

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s. * ''Die angeborene Luxation des Hüftgelenkes'', 1900 – Congenital dislocation of the hip.OCLC Classify
published works

References

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". * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schede, Max German surgeons Academic staff of the University of Bonn 1844 births 1902 deaths People from Arnsberg University of Halle alumni Heidelberg University alumni University of Zurich alumni Academic staff of the University of Hamburg