Ferdinand Karewski

Ferdinand Karewski (1858-1923)

Ferdinand Karewski (November 5, 1858 October 31, 1923) was a German surgeon born in Stettin.

He studied medicine in Berlin, where one of his instructors was James Israel (1848–1926). He worked as a surgeon at the Jewish Hospital (Jüdischen Krankenhaus) in Berlin as an assistant, and later as director of the policlinic. He is remembered for experiments involving the effects of puerperal secretions.[1]

Selected publications

References

  1. The Medical times and gazette


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