Oscar Wanscher
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Oscar Wanscher (19 March 1846 - 7 March 1906) was a Danish surgeon.
Early life and education[edit]
Wanscher was born on 19 March 1846 in Copenhagen, the son of paper merchant Wilhelm Wanscher (1802–82) and Karen Johanne Juliane Wegener (1814–79). He matriculated from.Westen's institute and earned a Master of Medicine degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1871. He then went on to study eye diseases for two years at E. Grut's eye clinic.[1] In 1872–84, heworked at Copenhagen Municipal Hospital's Department I with V. Holmer at whose proposal he began preparing his dissertation on the basis of the department's extensive material of operated ]]crouptil trap]]s. In the following year, Wanscher studied surgery in England, France, the Netherlands and Germany. In in 1875–78, he was resident surgeon at the Municipal Hospital under Holmer and completed the dissertation (Om Diphtheritis og Croup), especially with regard to tracheotomy, which was defended for the doctorate in 1877.[1]
Career[edit]
In 1879, Wanscher became a corps physician in the army and acting chief physician at the Garrison Hospital where. With inspiration from England, e was instrumental in introducing ether replacement for chloroform as an anesthetic and constructed his own mask for ether anesthesia. He presented his views in 1882 in the article Om Brugen af Æther som Indaandingsmiddel ved chirurgisk Anæsthesi der, which gave rise to considerable debate in the medical community, but it was not until late in Wanscher's career, assisted by Th. Rovsing, that they gained general recognition. In 1885, Wanscher unsuccessfully competed with E. A. Tschernin and O. Bloch for the position as Mathias Saxtorph's successor at the university (in clinical surgery). The fierce competition took its toll on Wanscher, who had already struggled with manic-depressive tendencies. In 1890, he left the army. In 1892, he succeeded P. Plum as chief surgeon at Frederiks Hospital's department D. His mental issues made it difficult for him to fulfill the great promises of his youth. Between the depressions, however, his ability to work returned in periods, and he wrote the first section of operativ Kirurgi (1898). Wanscher had also previously published a number of valuable articles on surgical history. In 1900, he was appointed professor extraordinaire in surgical pathology. In his later years he was very interested in brain surgery. When the depressions took hold, Wanscher thought of retiring, but died before that.[1]
Personal life[edit]
On 19 January 1881, Wanscher married Johanne Margrethe Hage (1850-1929=. She was the daughter of businessman Christopher Theodor Friedenreich Hage (1819–72) and Nannie (Nancy) Amelie Margrethe Hammerich (1827-1902).[1] They were the parents of a daughter and two sons. The daughter Ellen Margrethe Wanscher (1883-1867) married the architect Mogens Lassen.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Kølpin, Alexander" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Familien Mogens Lassen/Ellen Margrethe Wanscher". mortenclausen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
Rxternal links[edit]
- Oscar Wanscher at geni.com