Themistocles Gluck (30 November 1853 in Iaşi, Moldavia – 25 April 1942 in Berlin) was a German physician and surgeon. He first invented endoprostheses from ivory in 1890 at Berlin, when he performed the first documented total wrist Arthroplasty.[1] He received the 1st State Prize of the Berlin University for his work on nerve suturing and nerve regeneration. The French surgeons Louis Léopold Ollier and Jules Péan had already recognized Gluck's importance in the 1890s. With his laryngeal surgery, he achieved world renown. Nevertheless, it took a long time for him to receive the academic recognition he deserved as a non-university surgeon. It was not until he was 70 years old (1922) that he was made an associate professor and even nominated for the Nobel Prize (unsuccessfully, because his work was considered too old at the time).[2]

Themistocles Gluck
Themistocles Gluck
Born30 November 1853
Iaşi, Moldavia
Died25 April 1942(1942-04-25) (aged 88)
Berlin
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipRomania, Germany
Known forendoprostheses
Scientific career
Fieldsmedicine

References

  1. ↑ Ritt, MJ; Stuart, PR; Naggar, L; Beckenbaugh, RD (December 1994). "The early history of arthroplasty of the wrist. From amputation to total wrist implant". J Hand Surg Br. 19 (6): 778–82. doi:10.1016/0266-7681(94)90257-7. PMID 7706886. S2CID 27824929.
  2. ↑ deutschlandfunk.de. "Nobelpreis - Die ewig Nominierten". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  • THEMISTOCLES GLUCK – O GÊNIO QUE INICIOU A ARTROPLASTIA (Osvandré Lech)


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