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Billroth, Theodor
© Copyright Theodor Billroth in the lecture hall. Painting by A. F. Seligmann, around 1880. Billroth, Theodor, b. Bergen (Rügen, Germany), April 26, 1829, d. Opatija (Croatia), Feb. 6, 1894, important surgeon of the Vienna School of Medicine. From 1867 university professor in Vienna; started basic research in the field of visceral surgery, 1874 first complete laryngectomy, 1881 first gastric resection. B. introduced mixed anaesthesia (ether and chloroform) and the waterproof dressing material "B.-Batist". He arranged for the premises of the Society of Physicians to be built (1893) and the Rudolfinerhaus hospital, where nurses could be trained, and promoted the establishment of a voluntary ambulance service in Vienna. Was also a musician and a close friend of J. Brahms. Publications: Allgemeine chirurgische Pathologie und Therapie, 1863; Handbuch der allgemeinen und speciellen Chirurgie, 4 vols., 1880. Literature: I. Fischer, T. B. und seine Zeitgenossen, 1929; H. Wyklicky, Unbekanntes von T. B., 1993; E. Kern, T. B., 1994; M. Nagel et al., T. B. Chirurg und Musiker, 1994. References to other albums:
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