The Teachings of Professor Theodor Billroth.

The surgeon's surgeon. Theodor Billroth 1829–1894

and with the new social order associated with industrialization and urban life. He understands these attitudes to be derivative of humanitarian sentiments displaced upon animals, the distinction between man and beast having been eroded by physiological and taxonomic studies in the eighteenth century. While his interpretation appears reasonable and persuasive, it is really not adequate to explai...

Christian Albert Theodor Billroth: master of surgery.

J Postgrad Med 2004;50:82-83 hristian Albert Theodor Billroth was the first of five sons born to Carl Theodor Billroth, a priest in the Lutheran church and his wife Johanna Christina. He was born on April 26, 1829, at Bergen, on the island of Rügen, Prussia. The family lived in Klosterstrasse, later renamed Billrothstrasse. Three years after Billroth's birth, the family moved from the fishing v...

Theodor Billroth and his musical life.

Wegbereiter der Chirurgie, Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach—Theodor Billroth

In some instances, the appearance of unity may be illusory. For example, little is said of the relationship between the Royal College and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The latter group also certifies the attainment of higher educational standards by a large group of Canadian physicians, and the CFPC, unlike the Royal College, insists upon periodic re-examination. The fact that thi...

Christian Albert Theodor Billroth, M.D., founding father of abdominal surgery (1829-1894).