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01-08-2016 | Orthopaedic Heritage

Two hundred years of orthopaedics in Wuerzburg—one hundred years of the Koenig-Ludwig-Haus

Authors: Axel Jakuscheit, Maximilian Rudert

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 8/2016

Abstract

Wuerzburg in the centre of Germany claims to be a cradle of modern orthopaedics. Under the leadership of Johann Georg Heine (1771–1831) the first German orthopaedic hospital, the Carolinum, was established in 1816. Johann Georg Heine’s legacy was continued by his son Joseph (1803–1877) and his nephew Bernhard Heine (1800–1846), before Albert Hoffa (1859–1907) put the clinical practice of orthopaedics on a strict scientific basis and further promoted a worldwide exchange of knowledge. In 1916, Albert Hoffa’s successor Jakob Riedinger (1861–1917) founded the Koenig-Ludwig-Haus, which hosts the Orthopaedic Hospital and the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research of the University of Wuerzburg. On the occasion of the bicentenary and centenary anniversaries of the founding of the two orthopaedic hospitals, we provide a short view on the development of orthopaedics in Wuerzburg.

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Title: Two hundred years of orthopaedics in Wuerzburg—one hundred years of the Koenig-Ludwig-Haus
Authors: Axel Jakuscheit
Maximilian Rudert
Publication date: 01-08-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-016-3237-9

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