Adam Kaspar Hesselbach
Born15 January 1788
Died7 May 1856 (1856-05-08) (aged 68)
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
Fieldssurgeon
anatomist

Adam Kaspar Hesselbach (15 January 1788 – 7 May 1856) was a German surgeon and anatomist. He is the son of Franz Kaspar Hesselbach. In 1818 Hesselbach became a Dr. phil. et medicinae in Würzburg. After that he was a professor for surgery in Würzburg (1828-1833) and Bamberg (1836-1843).

Works

  • Beschreibung des menschlichen Auges (description of the human eye), 1820
  • Beschreibung der pathologischen Präparate, welche in der königlichen anatomischen Anstalt zu Würzburg aufbewahrt werden (description of the pathologic compounds, which are at the royal anatomic institute of Würzburg), 1824
  • Die sicherste Art des Bauchschnitts in der Leiste (the safest art of an abdominal cut in the groin), 1819
  • Die Lehre von den Eingeweidebrüchen (theory of the ruptures), 1829/30.


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