- Karl Ferdinand von Graefe
Karl Ferdinand von Graefe (or Gräfe;
March 8 ,1787 –July 4 ,1840 ) was a German surgeon fromWarsaw . He was also the father ofAlbrecht von Graefe .He studied medicine at Halle and Leipzig, and after obtaining licence from the Leipzig university, he was in 1807 appointed private physician to Duke
Alexius of Anhalt-Bernburg . In 1811 he became professor of surgery and director of the ophthalmogical institute at theUniversity of Berlin , and during theSixth Coalition against Napoleon he was superintendent of the military hospitals.When peace was concluded in 1815, he resumed his professorial duties. He was also appointed physician to the general staff of the
Prussian army , and he became a director of the Friedrich Wilhelm Institute and of the Medico-Chirurgical Academy (Charité ). He died suddenly atHanover , whither he had been called to operate on the eyes of the crown prince.He was a pioneer of plastic and
reconstructive surgery , and a founder of German rhinoplastic surgery. He developed his own techniques regarding rhinoplasty, which were modifications of the Italian methodology ofGasparo Tagliacozzi (1545-1599) and the Indian surgical practices that dated from antiquity. Graefe also performed one of the first operations for treatment of a congenitalcleft palate , and was a pioneer ofeyelid surgery. His lectures at the university of Berlin attracted students from all parts of Europe.Works
The following are his principal works:
*"Normen für die Ablösung größerer Gliedmaßen" (Berlin, 1812)
*"Rhinoplastik" (1818)
*"Neue Beiträge zur Kunst, Teile des Angesichts organisch zu ersetzen" (1821)
*"Die epidemisch-kontagiose Augenblennorrhoe Ägyptens in den europäischen Befreiungsheeren" (1824)
*"Jahresberichte ber das klinisch-chirurgisch-augenarztliche Institut der Universität zu Berlin" (1817-1834)He also edited, withPhilipp Franz von Walther , the "Journal für Chirurgie und Augenheilkunde". See E Michaelis, "Karl Ferdinand von Gräfe in seiner 30 jahrigen Wirken für Staat und Wissenschaft" (Berlin, 1840).References
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Vs09mB9QjTgC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22carl+ferdinand+von+graefe%22&source=web&ots=m2U_tzy9PI&sig=qzFz2OumAwiA6EWDciiY9L8enec#PPP1,M1 A Cultural History of Aesthetic Surgery, Google Books]
* [http://www.jacques-joseph.de/JJ_GB/100_JJ_1_GB.html 100 Years of Nasal Surgery]----
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