Eduard Albert (20 January 1841 â 26 September 1900) was a Czech surgeon, professor and historian.
Eduard Albert was born on 20 January 1841in à ½amberk, Bohemia, in the family of clockmaker Frantià ¡ek Albert and Kateà Âina Albertová (née Zdobnická). He married in 1868 with Marie Pietschová and they had two children, but one of them died in early childhood. Further notable people from their family were also Frantià ¡ek Albert (1856âÂÂ1923), surgeon and writer; Tereza Svatová (1858âÂÂ1940), writer; and Kateà Âina Thomová (1861âÂÂ1952), creatress of amateur theatre in à ½amberk and founder of municipal museum in à ½amberk.
Eduard Albert studied medicine at the University of Vienna, where he earned his doctorate in 1867. At Vienna he was a student of Salomon Stricker (1834âÂÂ1898) and Johann von Dumreicher (1815âÂÂ1880). From 1873 to 1881, he was a professor of surgery in Innsbruck, where he introduced mandatory antiseptic treatment for wounds. In 1881, Albert attained the chair of surgery in Vienna, where he remained until 1900. He was succeeded at Innsbruck in 1881 by Carl Nicoladoni (1847âÂÂ1902). Albert died of a stroke on 26 September 1900 in à ½amberk.
Albert is remembered for pioneer research in the field of orthopedic surgery, in particular work involving tarsal and shoulder arthrodesis for paralysis and recurring joint dislocations. Among his better-known students were Adolf Lorenz (1854âÂÂ1946), "The Bloodless Surgeon of Vienna", nephrologist Emerich Ullmann (1861âÂÂ1937) and Antonio Grossich (1849âÂÂ1926), who in 1908 introduced a procedure for applying the operative field with 10% tincture of iodine (at first in emergency surgeries, later on for all types of surgery).