Ludwik Rydygier

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Ludwik Rydygier
Portrait of Rydygier by Zbigniew Kotyłło
Born(1850-08-21)21 August 1850
Dossoczyn, Kingdom of Prussia (now Dusocin, Poland)
Died25 June 1920(1920-06-25) (aged 69)
Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine)
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Greifswald
Scientific career
Fieldssurgery

Ludwik Antoni Rydygier (21 August 1850 – 25 June 1920) was a

Polish Army. He was one of the most distinguished Polish and worldwide known surgeons in the late 19th and early 20th century.[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Dusocin (then officially Dossoczyn) near Grudziądz (then officially Graudenz) in the Prussian Partition of Poland, a territory annexed by Prussia during the Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. He was one of 13 children of Karol and Elżbieta Riedigier.[2] Since childhood he accented his Polish origin and identity.

He attended the Collegium Marianum in Pelplin,[2] and between 1859 and 1861 he attended gymnasium in Chojnice (then officially Konitz), then also the gymnasium in Chełmno (then officially Kulm), where he graduated in 1869. In years 1869–1874 he studied medical sciences at the University of Greifswald. At that time, he legally changed his last name from Riediger (German spelling) to Rydygier (Polish spelling), a move for which he was harassed by the Prussian administration.[2] He was one of the founders of the Polonia academic association at the university.[2]

Medical career

After studies, from 1875 to 1879 he worked in Gdańsk, Chełmno, Greifswald and Jena.[2] Afterwards he was running a private clinic in Chełmno. There he wrote many of his papers in the field of surgery.

In 1887 he was appointed to work at the surgery faculty at

Lwów
University, to which he agreed.

Former clinic of Ludwik Rydygier in Chełmno
Monument of Ludwik Rydygier in Chełmno

He was at his time one of the most distinguished Polish and worldwide known surgeons. In 1880, as the first in Poland and second in the world he succeeded in surgical removal of the

peptic ulcer resection. In 1884 he introduced a new method of surgical peptic ulcer treatment using Gastroenterostomy. Rydygier proposed (1900) original concepts for removing prostatic adenoma
and introduced many other surgical techniques.

Due to Prussian

Charles University in Prague. He was an outstanding surgeon, well known for his practical achievements, as well as initiator of new methods and a talented organizer. Some of his ideas, which include gastric surgeries, surgery of rectal cancer, amputations, plastic, orthopedic and cardiothoracic surgery
and urology are successfully used to date.

Military service

During the

Polish Army
. In 1920 he started organizing military hospitals.

Death

Grave of Ludwik Rydygier at the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów

He died that year suddenly. At first he was buried with military honors at the

Łyczaków Cemetery,[2] later his remains were moved to the officer part of Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów
.

Legacy and remembrance

In 1899 in Lwów, Polish doctors celebrated the 25th anniversary of Ludwik Rydygier's scientific activity.[2] A monument of Ludwik Rydygier was unveiled in Chełmno in 1984.[4] Numerous hospitals in Poland are named after him, including in Kraków, Częstochowa,[2] Toruń, Łódź, Suwałki. Also the Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz and a lecture hall of the Medical University of Gdańsk bear his name.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sylwia Stachura (2 September 2021). "Kim był Ludwik Rydygier, jeden z twórców nowoczesnej chirurgii? [WYJAŚNIAMY]". medonet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stanisław Marian Brzozowski. "Ludwik Rydygier". Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ K. Bielecki. "Professor Ludwik Rydygier father and legend of Polish surgery". pubmed.gov. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Pomnik dr. Ludwika Rydygiera". Chelmno.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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