100th birthday - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1988 - 4 Shilling
Theme: Health & Human
Country | Austria / II. Republic of Austria |
Issue Date | 1988 |
Face Value | 4.00 |
Color | brown orange blue |
Printing Type | combination printing |
Stamp Type | Commemorative |
Item Type | Stamp |
Chronological Issue Number | 1284 |
Chronological Chapter | OOS-OE2 |
SID | 458774 |
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Leopold Schönbauer was born on November 13, 1888, the son of a surgeon in Thaya in the Waldviertel. He began studying medicine in 1908 at the German University in Prague, which he completed on July 10, 1914 with his doctorate. After the First World War, he got an assistant position at the clinic Eiselberg and habilitated in 1924 with the work "Experimental and clinical on peritonitis question". In 1930 he took over the management of the surgical department in the hospital Lainz. On April 1, 1939, he was entrusted with the management of the 1st Surgical Clinic in Vienna due to his internationally recognized achievements. After World War II, he was entrusted with the management of the Institute for the History of Medicine and appointed by the General Assembly of the Workers and Staff of the General Hospital as its director. In this role, he worked until 1960 and thus also significantly involved in the planning of the new General Hospital.