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Theodor Billroth
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German surgeon (1829-1894)
Key facts
- Born
- Christian Albert Theodor Billroth , ( 1829-04-26 ) 26 April 1829, Bergen auf Rügen , Pomerania , Prussia
- Died
- 6 February 1894 (1894-02-06) (aged 64), Opatija , Austrian Littoral , Austria-Hungary
- Education
- University of Greifswald , University of Göttingen , University of Berlin
- Known for
- Being the founding father of modern abdominal surgery, First successful gastrectomy for gastric cancer , Applying scientific methods to musicality
- Profession
- Surgeon
- Institutions
- Surgical hospital and clinic, Zurich, University of Zurich , Allgemeine Krankenhaus, University of Vienna
- Sub specialties
- Abdominal surgery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theodor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Bergen auf Rügen
- Place of death
- Opatija
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Student of
- Bernhard von Langenbeck
- Doctoral student
- William Stewart Halsted
- Field of work
- medicine
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Theodor Billroth.jpg
- Work location
- Zurich
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- member of
- Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
- Commons category
- Theodor Billroth
- date of birth
- 1829-04-26
- date of death
- 1894-02-06
- Commons gallery
- Theodor Billroth
- writing language
- German
- name in native language
- Christian Albert Theodor Billroth
- interested in
- surgery
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Encyclopedic overview
Theodor Billroth Operating by Adalbert Seligmann Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (26 April 1829 – 6 February 1894) was one of the most eminent surgeons of the 19th century, with his main contributions in gastrectomy, laryngectomy and anatomical pathology and is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery.
As early as 1874 he discovered the bacteriostatic effects of penicillium , which makes him the primary discoverer of penicillin.
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