Kurt Warnekros
Kurt Warnekros (1882–1949) was a German gynaecologist and pioneer in sexual reassignment surgery.[1][2]
Biography
Kurt Warnekros was born in 15 November 1882 in the family of the professor of medicine Ludwig Warnekros at the University of Berlin. Warnekros himself studied medicine in Würzburg and Berlin from 1902 to 1907. He received the medical license in 1908 and worked at the Women's Hospital of the University of Berlin from 1909. In 1918 Warnekros was appointed professor and in 1924 as head of the hospital. In addition to working as a gynecologist, Warnekros also worked scientifically in the field of X-rays, making x-rays of babies in the womb.
Lili Elbe
In 1930, following a trip to Paris, Warnekros took Einar Wegener as a patient, arranging a series of operations, transforming Wegener into Lili Elbe. This was following the operation performed at Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Research for the removal of Elbe's testicles. A series of three operations were performed. Lili died after the last operation when the transplanted womb was rejected by her body.[3]
Portrayals in popular culture
Kurt Warnekros is portrayed by Sebastian Koch in the 2015 film The Danish Girl.[4]
References
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