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Carl Beck
Bohemian-American surgeon, born March 26, 1864, Milin, Bohemia.
Associated eponyms:
Beck's Bismuth paste
Bismuth paste for roentgenological diagnostics.
Biography:
Carl Beck attended the German university in Prague. He graduated in 1889 and subsequently was an assistant in the gynaecological clinic. From 1891 to 1917 Beck was professor clinical surgery and pathology at the University of Illinois, devoting his efforts mainly to general surgery. Beck became known for his wismuth paste for roentgenological diagnostics for his sinus- and fistula therapy, which he applied from 1906 with his brother E. Beck.
Besides the works mentioned below, he published on liver surgery, plastic surgery, hypospadias, etc.
Besides his bismuth paste, Carl Beck is probably also associated with Beck and von Acker procedure, and Beck-Doléris operation.
Bibliography:
- Surgical Pathology. Philadelphia, 1905.
- Bismuth Paste in Chronic Suppurations etc. St. Louis, 1910.
- Localisation of foreign bodies with stereoscopic Röntgenograms.
In: Stereo-Clinic, Troy, 1916.
- Crippled hand. Troy, 1925.
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