Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (5 December 1776 – 24 January 1851) was a German

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and

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who was a native of

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Biography

Langenbeck studied medicine at

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, and in 1802 received his habilitation under August Gottlieb Richter (1742–1812) at

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. In 1804 he became an associate professor, and three years later established his own institute for surgery and

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. In 1814 he was appointed full professor at

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and general surgeon of the

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ian Army. For nearly fifty years he taught classes at the University of Göttingen, and among his better known students were surgeon Louis Stromeyer (1804–1876) and his nephew

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(1810–1887). He was considered one of the better surgeons during the first half of the 19th century, known for his speed and precision involving

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s. After his death, he was succeeded by Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle (1809–1885) as chair of

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at Göttingen. In 1845, he was elected a member of the

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. He was named a knight of the

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Works

* ''Anatomisches Handbuch'', 1806. * ''Commentarius de Structura peritonaei, Testiculorum Tunicis'', 1817. * ''Von den Leisten- und Schenkelbrüchen'', 1821. * ''Nosologie und Therapie der chirurgischen Krankheiten'' (1822–50, 5 volumes). * ''Icones anatomicae'' (1826–1839, 8 volumes). * ''Handbuch der anatomie mit hinweisung auf die Icones anatomicae'' (1831–1842).WorldCat Search
(publications) * ''Mikroskopisch-anatomische Abbildungen'' (1848–51, 4 books). * ''Bibliothek für Chirurgie und Ophthalmologie'' (1806–13, 4 volumes).

References

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translated biography @

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