Paul Kraske (2 June 1851,

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– 15 June 1930,

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) was a German surgeon. He studied medicine at the universities of Halle and

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, receiving his doctorate at Halle in 1874. While a student, he served as a volunteer soldier in a fusilier regiment during the

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. After graduation, he spent several years as an assistant to

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at the surgical clinic in Halle, then from 1883 to 1919 was a professor and head of the surgical clinic at the

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.Paul Kraske
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He held a particular interest in

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, and is remembered for introducing a transsacral approach for the extirpation of cancers of the rectum ("Kraske's operation").Kraske's operation
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Selected works

* ''Beiträge zur Lehre von dem Einflusse der Nerven auf die Ernährung der Gewebe'', 1874 – Study on the influence of nerves involving the nutrition of tissues.
''Experimentelle Untersuchungen ueber die Regeneration der quergestreiften Muskeln''
1878 – Experimental studies on the regeneration of

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s. * ''Die sacrale Methode der Exstirpation von Mastdarmkrebsen und die Resectio recti'', 1887 – The sacral method for extirpation of rectal cancers and resection of the rectum.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kraske, Paul 1851 births 1930 deaths People from Bad Muskau Physicians from the Province of Silesia German surgeons Prussian physicians 19th-century German physicians University of Halle alumni Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of the University of Freiburg German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War