Themistocles Gluck

Themistocles Gluck
Themistocles Gluck
Born	30 November 1853 Iaşi, Moldavia
Died	25 April 1942 (aged 88) Berlin
Citizenship	Romania, Germany
Nationality	German
Fields	medicine
Known for	endoprostheses

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]

References

1. Ritt, M J P F; Stuart P R, Naggar L, Beckenbaugh R D. (12 1994). "The Early History of Arthroplasty of the Wrist From amputation to total wrist implant" (in English). JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-BRITISH AND EUROPEAN VOLUME (Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone) 19B (6): 778 - 782. ISSN 0266-7681. PMID 7706886. Retrieved 08/10/2012

• Marcus J.K. Bankes and Roger J.H. Emery (editor) (1995). "Pioneers of shoulder replacement: Themistocles Gluck and Jules Emile Péan". Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (United States: Elsevier) 4 (4): 259–62. doi:10.1016/S1058-2746(05)80018-7. ISSN 1058-2746. PMID 8542368. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
• Eynon-Lewis, N J; Ferry D; Pearse M F (1992). "Themistocles Gluck: an unrecognised genius". BMJ (England) 305 (6868): 1534–6. doi:10.1136/bmj.305.6868.1534. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1884727. PMID 1286374.
• Wessinghage, D (1991). "[Themistocles Gluck. 100 years artificial joint replacement]". Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete (Germany) 129 (5): 383–8. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1040261. ISSN 0044-3220. PMID 1836692.
• von Zippel, H (April 1990). "Multi-morbidity and perioperative risk of total hip endoprosthesis". Beiträge zur Orthopädie und Traumatologie (Germany) 37 (4): 193–203. ISSN 0005-8149. PMID 2201280.
• Muster, D (April 1990). "Themistocles Gluck, Berlin 1890: a pioneer of multidisciplinary applied research into biomaterials for endoprostheses". Bulletin of the history of dentistry (United States) 38 (1): 3–6. ISSN 0007-5132. PMID 2076458.
• Zipple, J; Meyer-Ralfs M (February 1975). "Themistocles Gluck (1853-1942), pioneer in endoprosthetics". Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete (West Germany) 113 (1): 134–9. ISSN 0044-3220. PMID 1098295.