Holger Werfel Scheuermann (12 February 1877 – 3 March 1960) was a Danish
surgeon after whom
Scheuermann's disease is named.
Biography
Scheuermann was born into a medical family in
Hørsholm, a small town between
Copenhagen
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and
Øresund. He began his studies in 1895 and graduated in medicine at the
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University.
...
in 1902. He then spent his hospital service in Copenhagen at the
Frederiks Hospital, at Sankt Johannesstiftelsen, as well as
Rigshospitalet. At Rigshospitalet he was assistant at the departments of
roentgenology and
massage. Scheuermann trained in
orthopaedic surgery and
radiology
Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but tod ...
, becoming a specialist in orthopaedics and radiology in 1918.
From 1910 to 1919 he was 1st assistant surgeon at the Copenhagen Home for the Crippled and then became director of radiology at the military and Sundby Hospitals, and head physician to the navy. He undertook several study travels to Germany, Austria and Sweden, and was chairman of the Danske Røntgenologers Forening from 1920 until 1922, and of Dansk Radiologisk Selskab from 1933 to 1934. He also became a corresponding member of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1936, the same year he was made a knight of the
Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog () is a Denmark, Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V of Denmark, Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the Order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single cla ...
(Dannebrog is the name of the Danish flag).
After his retirement in 1947 he continued in private radiological practice for many years. In 1959 he received his doctoral degree,
honoris causa, from the University of Copenhagen, nearly 40 years after his original submission.
Scheuermann died in 1960 in Copenhagen.
References
External links
* https://archive.today/20121224023343/http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/43-B/2/394
1877 births
1960 deaths
People from Hørsholm Municipality
Danish surgeons
20th-century Danish physicians
20th-century surgeons
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