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Jun 21, 1864 Dessau, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 19 Nov 1952 (aged 88)
German physician and orthopedic surgeon
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About Fritz Lange Surgeon
- Fritz Lange (21 June 1864 in Dessau – 19 November 1952 in Wackersberg) was a German orthopedic surgeon. He studied medicine at the universities of Jena, Leipzig and Munich, receiving his doctorate in 1892.
- He furthered his education in Rostock and Strasbourg, where he was pupil of Otto Wilhelm Madelung.
- In 1895 he studied orthopedics under Adolf Lorenz in Vienna, and during the following year, obtained his habilitation for orthopedic surgery.
- In 1908 he became a full professor of orthopedics at the University of Munich.In 1909 he was named president of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Chirurgie (German Society for Orthopedic Surgery).
- He was an editor of the periodical "Münchener Medizinischen Wochenschrift" (Munich Medical Weekly).He made contributions in his research of congenital hip dislocation, torticollis, scoliosis and spinal tuberculosis.
- He is remembered for his pioneer work with tendon transplants and artificial ligaments (made of silk).
