Maximilian Oberst (October 6, 1849 – November 18, 1925) was a German physician and surgeon born in Regensburg. He studied medicine in

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, and from 1874 to 1877 was an assistant in the surgical department at a hospital in

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. From 1877 he worked as an assistant to

Richard von Volkmann Richard von Volkmann (17 August 1830 – 28 November 1889) was a prominent German surgeon and author of poetry and fiction. Some of his works were illustrated by his son, Hans, a well known artist. Biography He was born in Leipzig on 17 August ...

at Halle, obtaining his habilitation in 1881. In 1884 became an assistant professor at the

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, and from 1894 to 1920 was director and chief physician at the Krankenhaus Bergmannstrost in Halle. In 1919 he attained the title of ''professor ordinarius'' (full professor). He is credited for introducing a method of block anesthesia ("Oberst-block") for use in minor surgery of the

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.Getting It Right in Science and Medicine
by Hans R. Kricheldorf In 1882 he publishe
''Die Amputationen unter dem Einflusse der antiseptischen Behandlung''
("Amputations under the influence of

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treatment").

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Catalogus-professorum-halensis
(translated biography) *''Parts of this article are based on a translation of the equivalent article at the German Wikipedia''.

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