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

• Untersuchung über die Einwirkung auf den puerperaler Secrete thierischen organismus, (1882)
• Die chirurgischen Krankheiten des Kindesalters, (1894)

References

• Pagel: Biographical Dictionary (biography of Ferdinand Karewski)