A German-German fate: Heinz Ruppert-A forgotten pioneer of peridural anaesthesia and the last ship's doctor of the PAMIR

• Published in: Der Anaesthesist Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 220 - 232
• Main Author: Goerig, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Anesthesia, Epidural; Anesthesiology; Female; Humans; Physicians; Ships; Specialization; The beginnings of epidural anaesthesia in German speaking countries; Development concerning the technical equipment for epidural anaesthesia; History of obstetric anaesthesia; Problems concerning the identification of the epidural space; German pioneers of epidural techniques

In the fall of 1957 there was a momentous ship disaster, during which the four-masted barque PAMIR sank in the Hurricane Carrie northwest of the Azores and 80 crew members were killed. Among the crew members killed was the ship's doctor Dr. med. Heinz Ruppert, a specialist in anesthesiology, gy...