Fritz Lange (surgeon), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Lange (surgeon)

German physician and orthopedic surgeon

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1864

Place of Birth: Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1952

Profession: physician, surgeon, university teacher, orthopedic surgeon

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Fritz Lange (21 June 1864 in Dessau – 19 November 1952 in Wackersberg) was a German orthopedic surgeon. He studied medicine at the universities of Jena, Leipzig and Munich, receiving his doctorate in 1892.
He furthered his education in Rostock and Strasbourg, where he was pupil of Otto Wilhelm Madelung.
In 1895 he studied orthopedics under Adolf Lorenz in Vienna, and during the following year, obtained his habilitation for orthopedic surgery.
In 1908 he became a full professor of orthopedics at the University of Munich.In 1909 he was named president of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Chirurgie (German Society for Orthopedic Surgery).
He was an editor of the periodical "Münchener Medizinischen Wochenschrift" (Munich Medical Weekly).He made contributions in his research of congenital hip dislocation, torticollis, scoliosis and spinal tuberculosis.
He is remembered for his pioneer work with tendon transplants and artificial ligaments (made of silk).