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jan mikulicz-radecki , 1878 theodor billroth 4 june 1905 breslau , german empire ferdinand sauerbruch walther kausch ludwik rydygier czernowitz -lrb- chernivtsi -rrb- , bukovina , austrian empire 150px polish surgeon kraków königsberg breslau 16 may 1850 jan_mikulicz-radecki _ -lrb- c. _ 1878 -rrb- . jpg jan mikulicz-radecki
 jan mikulicz-radecki university of vienna
jan mikulicz-radecki

jan mikulicz-radecki -lrb- -rrb- was a polish-austrian surgeon .
he was born on 16 may 1850 in czerniowce in the austrian empire -lrb- present-day chernivtsi in ukraine -rrb- and died on 4 june 1905 in breslau , german empire .
he was professor in kraków , wrocław , and królewiec -lrb- königsberg -rrb- .
inventor of new operating techniques and tools , one of the pioneers of antiseptics and aseptic techniques .
in poland he is regarded as one of the founders of the kraków school of surgery .
his parental ancestors of the mikulicz family were of polish `` szlachta '' origin and had been granted the gozdawa coat of arms by king john iii sobieski after the 1683 battle of vienna .
his mother freiin von damnitz was of austrian descent .
mikulicz-radecki spoke his native polish , and also german , russian and english fluently .
when asked his nationality he used to answer `` surgeon '' .
after finishing studies at the university of vienna under theodor billroth he was a director of surgery at the jagiellonian university in kraków , the university of königsberg -lrb- królewiec , kaliningrad -rrb- and from 1890 at the university of wrocław .
mikulicz-radecki 's innovations in operative technique for a wide variety of diseases helped develop modern surgery .
he contributed prodigiously to cancer surgery , especially on organs of the digestive system .
he was first to suture a perforated gastric ulcer -lrb- 1885 -rrb- , surgically restore part of the oesophagus -lrb- 1886 -rrb- , remove a malignant part of the colon -lrb- 1903 -rrb- , and describe what is now known as mikulicz ' disease .
in 1881 he developed improved models of the esophagoscope and gastroscope .
as an ardent advocate of antiseptics he did much to popularize joseph lister 's antiseptic methods .
he created a surgical mask and was the first to use medical gloves during surgery .
mikulicz-radecki was a talented amateur pianist and a friend of johannes brahms .
he received an honorary doctorate -lrb- ll.d -rrb- from the university of glasgow in june 1901 .
