Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Carl Garré

Surgery, Biographies, History of Medicine

Also known as: Carl Garre

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

A biographical entry on Carl Garré (1857–1928), a prominent German surgeon known for his work in thyroid surgery and his extensive contributions to clinical surgical literature. This article details his academic positions and his major publications.

Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)

GARRÉ, Carl (1857–1928), one of the outstanding surgeons of modern Germany, a student of Kocher and P. Bruns, head

of the surgical clinic

in Breslau and

Bonn, where he held the position of professor. Being a Swiss, he worked especially hard on thyroid surgery and was the first to remove the thyroid gland, seeing in its hypersecretion one of the causes of Basedow's disease. Considered one of the best surgical technicians, G. was also keen on editorial work; he was an active editor and contributor to most reputable surgical and general medical journals and large manuals on clinical surgery, some of which were translated into Russian. - G.'s main works: "Nierenchirurgie" (together with D. Ehrhardt, B., 1907); "Lehrbuch der Chirurgie" (together with A. Borchard, 5th ed., Berlin, 1923; Russian translation - M.-L., 1927-28); "Leberchirurgie" (Beitr. z. klin. Chir., B. IV, 1888-89); "Oesophagusresection und Plastik" (Arch. f. klin. Chirurgie, B. LVII, 1898); "Traumatische Hepaticusruptur geheilt durch eine Hepato-Cholangio-Enterostomie" (Beitr. z. Physiol. und Pathologie, hrsg. v. O. Weis, 1908); "Strumectomie dans la maladie de Basedow et ses resultats eloignes" (Presse méd., 1908, No. 17); "Lungenemphysem" (Erg. d. Chir. u. Orthop., Band IV, 1912).

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“Carl Garré.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.com/article/garre/