Georg Franz Blasius von Adelmann (28 June 1811, in

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– 16 June 1888, in

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) was a German physician and

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. He studied medicine at the Universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1832 with the dissertation ''De dignitate lithontritiae''. He then served as an assistant to Karl Friedrich Heusinger at the medical clinic in Marburg, followed by work as a physician in his hometown of Fulda (from 1835). Afterwards, he returned to Marburg as an assistant at the surgical clinic run by Christoph Ullmann.ADB: Adelmann, Georg Franz Blasius von
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By way of a recommendation from

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surgeon, Maximilian Joseph von Chelius, he was appointed to the chair of surgery at

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as successor to Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov. From 1841 to 1871, he maintained this position, afterwards moving to Berlin, where he lived in retirement until his death in 1888. At Dorpat, he was succeeded by his son-in-law, renowned surgeon

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(biographical information) In 1860 he was given the title of ''Staatsrat''. Adelmann is credited with introducing a procedure that involved flexion of the limb(s) as a treatment for arterial bleeding.

Selected works

* ''Beiträge Zur Medicinischen und Chirurgischen Heilkunst'', (three volumes) 1835-53 – Contributions to medicine and surgery. * ''Annalen der Chirurgischen Abtheilung des Landkrankenhauses zu Fulda, während der Jahre 1835, 1836'', (1840) – Annals from the surgical division at the country hospital in Fulda, years 1835 and 1836. * ''Untersuchungen über krankhafte Zustände der Oberkieferhöhle'', 1844 – Studies of pathological conditions involving the

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. * ''Beiträge zur chirurgischen Pathologie der Arterien, insbesondere zu ihrer Unterbindung'', 1862 – Contributions to the surgical pathology of the arteries, in particular ligation. * ''Beiträge zur chirurgischen Pathologie und Therapie der Ernährungsorgane'', 1865 – Contributions to surgical pathology and therapy of the digestive organs. * ''Die gewaltsame Beugung der Extremitäten als Stillungsmittel bei arteriellen Blutungen derselben'', 1869 – Flexion of extremities as

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for treatment of arterial bleeding.Google Search
published works

References

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