Richard von Volkmann

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Richard von Volkmann (17 August 1830 – 28 November 1889) was a prominent German surgeon and author of poetry and fiction. Some of his works were illustrated by his son, Hans, a well known artist.

Biography

He was born in

• Performed the first excision of carcinoma of the rectum in 1878.
• Described Volkmann's Ischaemic Contracture in 1881.
• Devised a splint and a spoon which bear his name.
• His treatment of articular tuberculosis heralded attempts at preventive surgery.
• In 1894 he described three patients with scrotal cancer who worked with paraffin and tar.
• He was an early supporter of
  Joseph Lister, and helped the introduction of antiseptic surgery throughout Germany
  .
• He invented the surgical retractor, now known as the Volkmann Retractor.

He edited (1870–89) Beiträge zur Chirurgie, and contributed to Franz von Pitha and Theodor Billroth's Handbuch der Chirurgie a section on diseases of the locomotory organs (1865–72). He wrote Bemerkungen über einige vom Krebs zu trennende Geschwülste (1858).

Under the pseudonym Richard Leander, he wrote:

• Träumereien an französischen Kaminen (Reveries at French chimneys, 1871; 24th ed. 1894), a work for young people
• Aus der Burschenzeit (From boyhood, 1876)
• Gedichte (Poems, 3d ed. 1885)
• Kleine Geschichten (Little stories, 2d ed. 1888)
• Alte und neue Troubadourlieder (Old and new
  troubador
  songs, 2d ed. 1890)

References

Sources

• Firkin, B.G.; Whitworth, J.A. (1987). Dictionary of Medical Eponyms. Parthenon Publishing.
  ISBN 1-85070-333-7
  .
• New International Encyclopedia
  (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. This work in turn cites:
  • Krause, Zur Erinnerung an Richard von Volkmann (Berlin, 1890)
• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Volkmann, Richard von" . Encyclopedia Americana.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard von Volkmann.

• Works by or about Richard von Volkmann at Internet Archive
• Träumereien an französischen Kaminen ~ Reveries at French Firesides - English translation
• Poetry ~ English translation