Georg Albert Lücke (4 June 1829 – 20 February 1894) was a German

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born in

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. He studied medicine at the Universities of

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and Halle, and following graduation traveled abroad to

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and

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. After his return to Germany, he served as an assistant to Ernst Blasius (1802-1875) at Halle. In 1860 he became an assistant to

Bernhard von Langenbeck Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck (9 November 181029 September 1887) was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of '' Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery''. Early life and education He was born at Pading ...

(1810-1887) in

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, and from 1865 to 1872, he was a professor of surgery at the

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. In 1872 he attained a similar position at the

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. As a result of battle-related surgical experience during the

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, he published ''Kriegschirurgische aphorismen''. During the

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, he was in charge of a hospital at

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, publishing ''Kriegschirurgische Fragen und Bemerkungen'' as a result.The Medical Bulletin: A Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 16
by United States Army, 3rd. Office of the Surgeon Lücke was a prodigious writer who published articles on many aspects of medicine and surgery. Some of his better known writings were on battle-related surgery, diseases of the

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, and papers involving various tumors. With

Carl Hueter Carl Hueter (27 November 1838 – 12 May 1882) was a German surgeon born in Marburg. He was the son of obstetrician Karl Christoph Hueter (1803–1857). In 1854 began his medical studies in Marburg at the age of 16. Following the state examina ...

(1838-1882), he was co-founder of the journal ''Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie'' (1872). With

Theodor Billroth Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (26 April 18296 February 1894) was a German surgeon and amateur musician. As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. As a musician, he was a close friend and conf ...

(1829-1894), he was co-author of ''Deutsche Chirurgie'', an undertaking begun in 1879 that comprised 66 parts.

References

The British Medical Journal, 10 March 1894 Obituary
German surgeons Academic staff of the University of Bern Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg Physicians from Magdeburg 1829 births 1894 deaths {{Germany-med-bio-stub