Johann Nepomuk Rust
Johann Nepomuk Rust (5 April 1775 – 9 October 1840) was an Austrian surgeon and military physician born at Jánský Vrch, Javorník, Austrian Silesia (today in the Czech Republic).
Biography
He studied medicine in
In 1815 he became a member of the Prussian military as a physician. The following year he became director of the new surgical/
Among his literary works was a highly acclaimed multi-volume textbook on surgery titled "Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch der Chirurgie, mit Einschluss der syphilitischen und Augen-Krankheiten" (1830–1836).[2] In 1816 he became editor of the "Magazins für die gesammte Heilkunde".[1] Towards the end of his career, he suffered from failing eyesight, and consequently most of his later surgical operations were performed by Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792–1847).[3] He died in 1840 on his estate Schloss Kleutsch [today: Kluczowa] near Ząbkowice Śląskie in Silesia, Prussia.[4]
Associated eponym
- Rust's disease: tuberculous spondylitis.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Archiv der Europäischen Lexikographie:Geschichte der Medizin Johann Nepomuk Rust's Theoretical-practical textbook of surgery by Michael Stolberg
- ^ OCLC WorldCat Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch der Chirurgie, mit Einschluss der syphilitischen und Augen-Krankheiten.
- Who Named It
- ^ ADB:Rust, Johann Nepomuk @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Mondofacto Dictionary (definition of eponym)
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