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Paul Herman Martin Sudeck
German surgeon, born December 24, 1866, Pinneberg, Holstein; died 1945.
Associated eponyms:
Sudeck's dystrophy
A variant of the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome with acute atrophy of bones.
Sudeck's mask
A metal face mask for application of ether anaesthesia.
Biography:
Paul Herman Martin Sudeck studied at Tübingen, Kiel, and Würzburg, where he obtained his doctorate in 1890 and worked as an assistant at the pathological institute. He then came to the same position at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, becoming ausserordentlicher professor in 1919. In 1923 he was appointed professor ordinarius of surgery at the newly founded University of Hamburg.
We thank Søren Nørby, Copenhagen, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Der Arzt als Begutachter auf dem Gebiete der Unfall- und Invalidenversicherung.
2nd part, in: Handbuch der sozialen Medizin, volume 8, 2; Jena, 1906.
- Hernien. Handbuch der chirurgischen Operationslehre, 4th and 5th edition, volume 4; Leipzig, 1922-1923.
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