Carl Johann August Langenbuch (20 August 1846,

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– 9 June 1901,

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) was a German surgeon. He studied medicine at the

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, and later served as a military surgeon during the Franco-Prussian War. Beginning in 1871 he worked as an assistant to

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at the Bethanien Hospital in Berlin, and from 1873 to 1901 he was chief physician of the surgical department at Lazarus Hospital (Berlin). He died in 1901 from

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caused by a ruptured

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. On 15 July 1882 he performed the first successful

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when he surgically removed the

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from a 43-year-old male patient.

Selected works

* ''Ein Fall von Exstirpation der Gallenblase wegen chronischer Cholelithiasis. Heilung''; In: Berliner klinische Wohenschrift. 48 (725-727), (1882) – A case of extirpation of the gallbladder for chronic

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. Cure. * ''Ueber die Principien des zeitgemassen Kriegswundverbandes'', (1887). * ''Die Sectio alta subpubica. Eine anatomisch-chirurgische Studie'', (1888). * ''Der Leberechinococcus und seine Chirurgie'', (1890) – On

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of the

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and surgery. * ''Chirurgie der Leber und Gallenblase'', (2 volumes, 1894–97) – Surgery of the liver and gall bladder. * ''Ein Rückblick auf die Entwicklung der Chirurgie des Gallensystems'', (1896) – Review on the development of surgery involving the gall bladder.OCLC WorldCat
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langenbuch, Carl 1846 births 1901 deaths Physicians from Kiel University of Kiel alumni German surgeons