Karl German Schildbach (June 1, 1824, Leipzig - March 13, 1888, ibid. [2] ) - German doctor and medical writer, one of the founders of orthopedic science in Germany.
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Biography
He studied at the school of St. Nicholas and since 1843 he studied medicine at the University of Leipzig , in 1846 he moved to the University of Heidelberg , where in 1848 he received a doctorate in medicine [3] . In February 1849 he returned to Leipzig and received medical practice. In 1850 he left for the Russian Empire and accompanied as a doctor some Russian nobles on their foreign trips. In 1852 he returned to his homeland, in 1853 he settled in Danzig , where he headed the local institute of hydrotherapy and gymnastics. Since 1859, having returned to Leipzig, he was vice-director of the orthopedic hospital Moritz Schreber , who headed it in 1861 after the death of the latter; in 1862 he became an honorary citizen of Leipzig, after some time he opened a private clinic for therapeutic exercises for wealthy patients. In 1875, he was rehabilitated at the University of Leipzig as a specialist in therapeutic gymnastics, and a year later he founded the university and headed the country's first orthopedic clinic, which he managed until 1885 [3] .
He was a member of the Leipzig Gymnastics Society, the Leipzig Life Insurance Society, the Amsterdam Medical and Surgical Society, the Masonic Lodge. He actively promoted gymnastics among women, in politics he was a supporter of the unification of all German states under the control of Prussia. He died in his hometown after a short illness.
His works relate to orthopedics and medical gymnastics. The most important of them: "Die Scoliose" (Leipzig, 1872); Orthopädische Klinik (ibid., 1877); Kinderstube-Gymnastik (ibid. 1880); "Die Schulbankfrage und die Kunze'sche Schulbank" (ibid., 1869; 2nd edition - 1872) [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 117643017 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Schildbach, Hermann - Freundeskreis Stadtarchiv
- ↑ 1 2 3 Schildbach, Karl-Herman // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.