Gustav Biedermann Günther, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German surgeon
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Place of Birth: Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany
About Gustav Biedermann Günther
- Gustav Biedermann Günther (22 January 1801 in Schandau – 8 September 1866 in Leipzig) was a German surgeon and orthopedist. From 1818 to 1824, he studied medicine and surgery at the University of Leipzig, obtaining his doctorate with the thesis "Analecta ad anatomiam fungi medullari".
- While still a student, he embarked on a scientific journey with ornithologist Ludwig Thienemann to Norway and Iceland.
- In 1825 he began work as assistant to Johann Karl Georg Fricke (1790–1841) in the surgical department at the general hospital in Hamburg.
- In 1829 he settled as a general practitioner in Hamburg, where in 1831 he founded an orthopedic institute.In 1837 he was appointed professor of surgery at the University of Kiel and director of the Friedrichhospital.
- From 1841 until his death in 1866, he served as a professor of surgery at the University of Leipzig.
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