Innovator and leader of thoracic surgery Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951) and the book of his memoirs «This Was My Life»

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The article provides information about the life and work of Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), a leading German surgeon of the first half of the twentieth century, recognized as one founder of thoracic surgery, phthisiosurgery, cardiac surgery, the leader of German surgery at the beginning of the last century, and a participant in two world wars. The authors of the article set out to dwell on the life and work of Professor Sauerbruch, based on information from his description of his life path, set out in the book of memoirs «Das war mein Leben» («This Was My Life»), first translated and published in 2022 in Russia.

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P. G. Bryusov

Branch of the S.M.Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation; The N.N.Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Email: gvkg@mil.ru

заслуженный деятель науки РФ, лауреат Государственных премий СССР и РФ, профессор, генерал-майор медицинской службы в отставке

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

A. V. Nizovoy

Branch of the S.M.Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Email: gvkg@mil.ru

кандидат медицинских наук, доцент, полковник медицинской службы в отставке

Russian Federation, Moscow

A. G. Vasyukevich

The N.N.Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: gvkg@mil.ru

кандидат медицинских наук, полковник медицинской службы

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. The first edition of F. Sauerbruch's memoirs published in Russian: This Was My Life / translated from German by A.V. Nizovoy, edited by P.G. Bryusov. – Moscow: Litterra, 2022. – 440 p.

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3. Upper limb prosthesis (the so-called "Sauerbruch arm"), various options

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4. F. Sauerbruch (early 1920s)

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