Guido Holzknecht
Guido woodcutter ( born December 3, 1872 in Vienna, † October 30, 1931 ) was an Austrian physician, university professor at the University of Vienna and a pioneer of radiology.
Life and work
Will be textbook Radiographic diagnosis of disease of the thoracic viscera (1901 ) and X-ray diagnosis of stomach cancer (1905 ) referred to as epochal. He wrote about a " Röntgenlichtmeßapparat " topics to radiotherapy and a handbook of general and special X-ray customer, it appeared more than 250 publications. According to him, the woodcutter room and the wood - servant spoons are named (a simple tool for compression of the abdomen ).
Woodcutter was with Robert Kienböck founder of the Viennese Society of Radiology as well as board member and president of the Congress of the German Society of Radiology. The Institute woodcutter, the X-ray sister school founded by him and the X- Technical Research Institute have remained part of the General Hospital of Vienna.
The damaging effects of X -rays was the former pioneers deliberately slowly. Guido woodcutter realized, however, that the damage to the skin of the administered dose dependent. As a result of this knowledge he designed a device that could determine the amount of radiation emitted almost for the first time: the Chromoradiometer. With this simple, but not very reliable device, which he presented in 1902, the radiation damage to his department could be reduced by almost 90 percent. Woodcutter was still victim of his profession. Like many other personalities of the first Röntgenära he died from the effects of radiation damage. The radio dermatitis occurs first on his hands in 1910 led to the amputation of a finger, numerous operations on the hands and arms followed. These treatments he accepted with stoic equanimity. Specially made prosthetic arms enabled him to further development work. After decades of suffering and sixty-four mutilating operations woodcutter died on 31 October 1931 X-ray cancer.
In recognition of his great achievements was unveiled in Arne Carlsson - Park in Vienna on November 6, 1932, a woodcutter Memorial. Also in 1932, the woodcutter street in Vienna's favorites was named after him.
His honorary dedicated grave (Department ALI, number 60 ) is located in Urnenhain the fire hall Simmering.
Writings
- Radiographic diagnosis of disease of the thoracic viscera (1901 )
- X-ray diagnosis of stomach cancer (1905 )
- Roentgenology, 2 volumes (1918 /24)
- X-ray therapy (1924 )
- Setting for radiology (1927 )
- Handbook of theoretical and clinical X-ray customer, 2 volumes (1929 )