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Walther Müller
German orthopaedist, born May 6, 1888, Waldenburg, Sachsen.
Associated eponyms:
Müller-Ribbing-Clément syndrome (Walther Müller)
A rare bone disturbance characterised by stunted stature, obliteration of the hollow bones, and premature degenerative atropathy, in particular of the hip joints.
Müller-Weiss syndrome (Walther Müller/Konrad Weiss)
Bilateral, symmetrical osteochondrosis of os naviculare pedis in adults.
Biography:
Walther Müller studied in Leipzig and received his doctorate at that university in 1913. From 1914 to 1919 he worked as assistant at the Leipzig surgical policlinic, 1920-1927 in the Marburg surgical clinic. From 1927 he was head physician at the surgical clinic in Heidelberg. Müller was habilitated for surgery and orthopaedics in 1921, becoming extraordinary professor in 1925.
Bibliography:
- Die normale und pathologische Physiologie des Knochens. Leipzig, 1924.
- Biologie der Gelenke. Leipzig, 1929.
- Die Chirurgie der Muskeln, Sehnen und Fascien.
In Martin Kirschner (1879–1942) and Otto Nordmann (1878–1946): Die Chirurgie, volume 2, 2. Berlin and Vienna, 1930.
- Pathologische Physiologie der Wirbelsäule. Leipzig, 1932.
We thank Patrick Jucker-Kupper, Switzerland, for information submitted.
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