Georg Albert Lücke (4 June 1829 – 20 February 1894) was a Germansurgeon born inMagdeburg.
He studied medicine at the Universities ofHeidelberg,Göttingen andHalle, and following graduation traveled abroad toFrance,Italy andAlgeria. After his return to Germany, he served as an assistant toErnst Blasius (1802-1875) at Halle. In 1860 he became an assistant toBernhard von Langenbeck (1810-1887) inBerlin, and from 1865 to 1872, he was a professor of surgery at theUniversity of Bern. In 1872 he attained a similar position at theUniversity of Strassburg.
As a result of battle-related surgical experience during theSecond Schleswig War, he publishedKriegschirurgische aphorismen. During theFranco-Prussian War, he was in charge of a hospital atDarmstadt, publishingKriegschirurgische Fragen und Bemerkungen as a result.[1]
Lücke was a prodigious writer who published articles on many aspects of medicine and surgery. Some of his better known writings were on battle-related surgery, diseases of thethyroid gland, and papers involving various tumors. WithCarl Hueter (1838-1882), he was co-founder of the journalDeutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie (1872). WithTheodor Billroth (1829-1894), he was co-author ofDeutsche Chirurgie, an undertaking begun in 1879 that comprised 66 parts.
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