Eugène Koeberlé

Eugène Koeberlé (1855)

Eugène Koeberlé (4 January 1828, Sélestat - 13 June 1915, Strasbourg) was a French and German surgeon to the Faculté de médecine in Strasbourg, earning his agrégation in 1853.[1]

Koeberlé specialized in abdominal surgery, in particular pioneer work involving ovariotomy and [2] hysterectomy operations.[3][4] He is also credited for developing a precursor of present-day surgical hemostats[5]

During the latter part of his career he devoted his energies to poetry and archaeology.[6] The Lycée Docteur-Koeberlé in his hometown of Sélestat is named in his honour.

Selected writings

Commemorative plaque on the house in which he died

• Deuxième opération d'ovariotomie, deuxième succès : notice sur une ovariotomie, pratiquée, le 29 septembre 1862, 1862 - Second ovariotomy operation, second success : record on the ovariotomy- 29 September 1862.
• Opérations d'ovariotomie, 1865 - Ovariotomy operations.
• De l'ovariotomie, 1865 -
• Extirpation d'une tumeur fibrocystique de la matrice, du poids de 14 1/2 kilogrammes, guérison, 1869 - Removal of fibrocystic tumor, weight = 14.5 kilograms.
• Tumeur fibro-graisseuse du poids de 5 kilogr., développée à la partie interne de la cuisse, opération, guérison, 1869
• Des maladies des ovaires et de l'ovariotomie, 1878 - Maladies of the ovaries and ovariotomy.
• De l'Hémostase définitive par compression excessive, 1878 - On final hemostasis by excessive compression.
• Les habitants de l'Alsace ancienne et moderne, 1913 - Inhabitants of Alsace, ancient and modern.[7]

References

1. Professeur Medicine-Nancy Obstetrique
2. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: with Medical Chronology ... by Fielding Hudson Garrison
3. A treatise on gynaecology, clinical and operative, Volume 1 by Samuel Pozzi
4. Obstetrics and Gynecology International Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 356740, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2010/356740
5. Archives of Surgery General and Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in France
6. Sentence based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia.
7. IDREF.fr (bibliography)