Heinrich Hoeftman
Heinrich Hoeftman (2 April 1851 in Memel – 17 September 1917 in Königsberg) was a German physician; regarded as a pioneer of modern German orthopedics.
He studied medicine for one semester at the University of Leipzig, then served as a volunteer in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871 he resumed his studies at the University of Königsberg, receiving his doctorate in 1876 with the thesis "Ueber Ganglien und chronisch fungöse Sehnenscheiden-Entzündung". Following graduation, he worked for several months under surgeon Theodor Billroth at Vienna, then returned to Königsberg as an assistant to Karl Schönborn at the university hospital.[1]
In 1880 he opened his own medical practice in Königsberg, and two years later took charge of a private clinic that eventually included an orthopedic workshop, a gymnastic institution and a modern orthopedic hospital with 120 beds. As a physician, he specialized in lower limb prosthesis.[1]
In 1901 he was a founding member of the Deutschen Orthopädischen Gesellschaft (German Orthopedic Society), and in 1910 became a professor of orthopedics at the University of Königsberg. During World War I he served on the orthopedic advisory board of the First Army Corps.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Hoeftman, Heinrich In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7, S. 317 f.
- ^ Hitz - Kozub; edited by Rudolf Vierhaus Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopaedia