August Socin, (* 21 February 1837 Vesey, "† 22 January 1899 Basel) was a Swiss surgeon.

Life

Socin studied medicine in Basel and peppering castle, where he attained a doctorate also to 1857. After further specializedscientific-surgical training in Prague, Vienna and in Paris and London he habilitierte himself later 1861 in Basel.

1859 it became Assistenzsarzt at the Baseler citizen hospital and-took over 1861 the line of the surgical hospital to Basel. Already 1862 took place the appointment to a.o. the professor and 1864 to ordentl. Professor of the surgery in Basel.

1866 he worked in the Austrian military hospital of Verona and from August to November 1870 in the reserve military hospital in Karlsruhe. In this time also its work developed over the war-surgical experiences.

A call to the surgical university clinic into pepper-castle-leaned it off, but taught time life at the university into he also his special meaning attained Basel here, by introducing crucial reforms for the qualitative improvement of the student training in its specialist area and the antiseptic Wundbehandlung for the first time in the first years of its activity. Under its experiences in military hospitals and treatment of war kriegsverwundungen he led various operation innovations einund affected by operation modifications the surgery radical operations of the Hernien, Resektionen as well as the stomach and intestinal operations with anastomosis formations. Socin was a less that author of numerous publications as rather the practical man, that-largest value on the successful training of its students put.

Substantial work:

• Illnesses of the Prostata, in: Manual all in accordance with. and spec. Surgery, given change of Franz v. Pitha and Theodor Billroth, 1871
• War-surgical experiences, Karlsruhe 1872
• div. Einzelarbeiten and lectures

Literature

• Biographic encyclopedia of outstanding physicians 19. Century, given change of Julius Pagel, Berlin 1901
• Biographic encyclopedia of the German-speaking medical profession, given change of Dietrich von Engelhardt, Bd. 2, Munich 2002
• Meier Samuel: August Socin (1837-1899), life and work of the Baseler surgeon, Basel 1985

Portrait in:

• Gallery of outstanding physicians (supplement in:) Resident of Munich medicine. Weekly revue 89 (1899)

Related links

http://www.stadtarchiv-schaffhausen.ch/Biographien/580.html

Articles in category "August Socin"

We found here 14 articles.