Robert Gersuny

Robert Gersuny (15 January 1844 in Teplitz, Bohemia – 31 October 1924 in Vienna) was an Austrian surgeon.

Gersuny was the second child of a respected Balneologist in Teplitz (modern Teplice,

. He graduated from medical school in 1866.

After reading Theodor

. After Billroth's death in 1894, Gersuny took over as director of the entire hospital until his death in 1924.

Dr. Gersuny is known primarily for his contributions to the field of

Plastic Surgery

. He is known for his discovery of paraffin and vaseline as media for injection. A practice which he put to disastrous results in some of the earliest examples of breast augmentation.

In 1924 a street in the Döbling district (19th District) of Vienna was named the Gersunygasse in his honor.

Publications

• Arzt und Patient. Vienna, 1884
• Über falsche Diagnosen. Vienna, 1887
• Bemerkungen über das Spezialistentum in der Medizin. Vienna, 1892
• Bodensatz des Lebens, Hugo Heller & Co., Vienna/Leipzig, 1906 (Aphorisms)
• Theodor Billroth. In: Meister der Heilkunde. Volume 4, Vienna/Berlin/Leipzig/Munich, Rikola Verlag, 1922.