Robert Gersuny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Gersuny

Austrian surgeon

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1844

Place of Birth: Teplice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1924

Profession: surgeon

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Robert Gersuny

  • Robert Gersuny (15 January 1844 in Teplitz, Bohemia – 31 October 1924 in Vienna) was an Austrian surgeon. Gersuny was the second child of a respected Balneologist in Teplitz (modern Teplice, Czech Republic).
  • His father was not only a surgeon and obstetrician, but also practiced internal medicine and dentistry.
  • His desire to be of help to others caused him to consider the clergy as a profession before settling on a medical career.
  • He began his medical studies in 1861 at the Charles University in Prague, where he was active in the Corps Austria.
  • He graduated from medical school in 1866. After reading Theodor Billroth's Allgemeine Chirurgie ("General Surgery"), Dr.
  • Gersuny applied for a position with Billroth at the University of Vienna's Second Surgical University Clinic.
  • He was accepted and assumed employment there in October, 1869 leading to a lifelong friendship between the two physicians.
  • He accompanied Billroth on his journeys as a consultant to Poland, Russia and Africa.
  • From 1880 to 1893 Gersuny was chief surgeon at Karolinen-Kinderspital in Vienna.
  • In 1882 Gersuny became Primarius (Department Chairman of the Rudolfinerhaus, a hospital in Vienna, founded by Billroth, which included a Nursingschool.
  • After Billroth's death in 1894, Gersuny took over as director of the entire hospital until his death in 1924.
  • Dr.
  • Gersuny is known primarily for his contributions to the field of Plastic Surgery. He is known for his discovery of paraffin and vaseline as media for injection.
  • A practice which he put to disastrous results in some of the earliest examples of breast augmentation.
  • In 1924 a street in the Döbling district (19th District) of Vienna was named the Gersunygasse in his honor.

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