Karl Thiersch
Karl Thiersch, also spelled Carl Thiersch (20 April 1822 – 28 April 1895), was a German surgeon born in Munich. His father was educationist Friedrich Thiersch, his father-in-law was renowned chemist Justus von Liebig. One brother, Ludwig, was an influential painter, while another, Heinrich Wilhelm Josias, was a theologian.
He received his doctorate from the
First War of Schleswig under Louis Stromeyer (1804–1876), and a medical consultant during the Franco-Prussian War
.
In 1865 Thiersch demonstrated the
carbolic acid. In addition, he made contributions involving wound healing treatment and in research of phosphorus necrosis of the jaw
.
His name is associated with "Thiersch's graft", a method of split-skin grafting that he developed. This graft is sometimes referred to as an Ollier–Thiersch graft (named with French surgeon Louis Léopold Ollier).
Selected publications
- Infectionsversuche an Thieren mit dem Inhalte des Choleradarmes Munich, 1856. (won a prize from the French Academy in 1867)
- De maxillarum necrosi phosphorica; Leipzig, 1867.
- Der Epithelialkrebs, namentlich der Haut. Eine anatomisch-klinische Untersuchung (with atlas), Leipzig, 1865
- Klinische Ergebnisse der Lister'schem Wundbehandlung und über den Ersatz der Carbolsäure durch Salicylsäure In: Richard von Volkmann's Sammlung klinischer Vorträge, Leipzig, nos. 84, 85.
References
- "Karl Thiersch" at Who Named It
- The Medical News (1895) (Biography of Karl Thiersch)
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