Guttman, Ludwig

Ludwig Guttman
Ludwig Guttman
	Ludwig guttmann
Date of Birth	July 3, 1899
Place of Birth	Toast , Silesia , Prussia
Date of death	March 18, 1980 (aged 80)
Place of death	;
A country	; ;
Scientific field	neuropathology , neurosurgery
Alma mater	University of Freiburg
Known as	founder of the Paralympic movement

Sir Ludwig Guttmann ( German: Ludwig Guttmann , July 3, 1899 - March 18, 1980 ) - neurosurgeon , founder of the Paralympic movement .

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Biography

In 1929-33, he worked as a neurosurgeon at the Wenzel-Hacke hospital in Breslau , in 1933, as a Jew, he was forced to resign and worked in a Jewish hospital in Breslau. In 1939 he emigrated to the UK. In 1944, he received a government assignment to create a center for the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal disorders in the Stoke Mandeville Hospital . For this, in 1950 he was introduced to the Order of the British Empire with the rank of officer ^[1] . In 1960, Guttman was granted the rank of commander ^[2] . Until 1966, he continued to occupy the post of head of this center. Developed treatments for paralyzed. February 15, 1966 Ludwig Gutman was knighted "for help, suffering from paraplegia" ^[3] ^[4] .

He supported sports for his patients. Since 1948, he held the Stoke Mandeville Games - sports competitions for the disabled. In 1952, 130 athletes from different countries participated in them. In 1960, the 1st Paralympic Games took place in Rome . The following year, Guttman founded the British Association of Disabled Athletes ^[5] . Since 1976 - a member of the Royal Society of London ^[6] .

He received many British and international awards and honors.

Memory

The Ludwig Guttmann Prize is the Australian Wheelchair Sports Federation Prize ^[7] and the Deutschesprachige Medizinische Gesellschaft für Paraplegie Prize, awarded for rehabilitating German-language rehabilitation parades lower limbs ^[8] . In honor of Guttman, the Institut Guttmann Hospital, located in Barcelona , is involved in the treatment of patients with para- and quadriplegia ^[9] . The Stoke Mandeville Stadium since 1980, until its reconstruction in 2003, was officially called the Ludwig Guttman Sports Center for the Disabled - Stoke Mandeville ( English Ludwig Guttmann Sports Center for the Disabled - Stoke Mandeville ) ^[10] .

Notes

↑ Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (Eng.) // Supplement to the London Gazette . - June 8, 1950 .-- P. 2787.
↑ Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (Eng.) // Supplement to the London Gazette . - June 11, 1960 .-- P. 3983.
↑ Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (Eng.) // Supplement to the London Gazette . - January 1, 1966. - P. 2.
↑ Honors and Awards // The London Gazette . - February 18, 1966. - No. 43904 . - P. 1891.
↑ Thomas N., Smith A. The Emergence and Developmen of DIsability Sport // Disability, Sport and Society: Introduction = Disability, Sport, and Society: An Introduction. - Taylor & Francis , 2009. - P. 27. (English)
↑ G // List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660-2007 . - The Royal Society , July 2007. - P. 151. (English)
↑ Awards and Honors . Australian Athletes with a Disability. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on April 13, 2012.
↑ Ludwig Guttmann - Preis (German) . DMGP. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on April 13, 2012.
↑ The history of Institut Guttmann (inaccessible link) . Institut Guttmann. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on October 30, 2006.
↑ History of Stoke Mandeville Stadium . The site of the Stoke Mandeville Stadium. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on April 13, 2012.

Literature

Goodman, Susan. Spirit of Stoke Mandeville: The Story of Sir Ludwig Guttmann. - London: Collins, 1986. - ISBN 0-00-217341-7 .
Rogan, Matt. Britain and the Olympic Games: Past, Present, Legacy. - Matador, 2010 .-- ISBN 978-1-84876-575-7 .
Scruton, Joan. Stoke Mandeville: Road to the Paralympics. - Aylesbury: The Peterhouse Press, 1998 .-- ISBN 978-0-946312-10-8 .
Silver, John Russell. History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries. - Springer, 2003. - ISBN 978-0-306-48032-4 .

Links

Obituary (English) // British Medical Journal . - April 5, 1980. - P. pages = 1021 .
http://news.yandex.ru/people/guttman_ljudvig.html
http://www.dissland.com/catalog/90476.html

[1] Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (Eng.) // Supplement to the London Gazette . - June 8, 1950 .-- P. 2787.

[2] Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (Eng.) // Supplement to the London Gazette . - June 11, 1960 .-- P. 3983.

[3] Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood (Eng.) // Supplement to the London Gazette . - January 1, 1966. - P. 2.

[4] Honors and Awards // The London Gazette . - February 18, 1966. - No. 43904 . - P. 1891.

[5] Thomas N., Smith A. The Emergence and Developmen of DIsability Sport // Disability, Sport and Society: Introduction = Disability, Sport, and Society: An Introduction. - Taylor & Francis , 2009. - P. 27. (English)

[6] G // List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660-2007 . - The Royal Society , July 2007. - P. 151. (English)

[7] Awards and Honors . Australian Athletes with a Disability. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on April 13, 2012.

[8] Ludwig Guttmann - Preis (German) . DMGP. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on April 13, 2012.

[9] The history of Institut Guttmann (inaccessible link) . Institut Guttmann. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on October 30, 2006.

[10] History of Stoke Mandeville Stadium . The site of the Stoke Mandeville Stadium. Date of treatment June 5, 2011. Archived on April 13, 2012.