page_title: Lorenz Böhler
section_title: The interwar years – the founding of the AUVA hospital
hierarchical_section_title: Lorenz Böhler / The interwar years – the founding of the AUVA hospital
caption_attribution_description: Verwaltungsgebäude der AUVA in der Webergasse 2 - 6, in dem das erste Unfallkrankenhaus Wiens untergebracht war. &#160; This media shows the protected monument with the number 52672 in Austria. (Commons, de, Wikidata)
context_page_description: Lorenz Böhler was an Austrian physician and famous surgeon.
  Böhler is most notable as one of the creators—or even the creator—of modern accident surgery. He was the head of the AUVA-Hospital in Vienna, Brigittenau, that was later named after him: Lorenz-Böhler-Unfallkrankenhaus. This hospital was an international model during his time as the leading surgeon there.
  In radiology, the measurement of Böhler's angle on a foot X-ray can help detect fractures of the calcaneus.
context_section_description: Back in Austria Böhler wanted to establish special stations for casualty treatments. Therefore, he approached the Arbeiterunfallversicherungsanstalt (AUVA) (labourer's accident insurance) in Vienna and tried to explain the (both medical and economic) advantages which it would have if the AUVA would have an own specialized hospital. Though the AUVA agreed with Böhler the project wasn't realized until 1925. The AUVA-hospital opened on 1 December 1925 in Vienna Webergasse 2–6. Böhler (meanwhile he was working as a surgeon in Bozen and Brixen) became the head of the hospital.
  Böhler's reputation as a surgeon increased, especially abroad, while some of his colleagues in Vienna rejected him.  
  Encouraged by the American Medical Association of Vienna (A.M.A.) he wrote the first edition of his book on bone fractures and modern techniques to deal with them called Treatment of fractures – which became his classic work – in 1929. 
  On 29 March 1930 Böhler was promoted to professor at the University of Vienna. There he was teaching surgery and accident treatment. On 3 August 1936 he became an associate Professor.
caption: Webergasse 2–4: the AUVA-hospital in Vienna
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