Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008157 - Lunz, Manuel (1924 - 1994)
Title:
Lunz, Manuel (1924 - 1994)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008157
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-17
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Lunz, Manuel (1924 - 1994), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lunz, Manuel
Date of Birth:
4 May 1924
Place of Birth:
Benoni, South Africa
Date of Death:
4 May 1994
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1951
MB BCh Witwatersrand 1946
MCh Orth Liverpool 1952
Details:
'Mannie' Lunz was born in Benoni on 4 May 1924. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg and studied medicine at the University of Witwatersrand, qualifying in 1946. After junior posts at Johannesburg General Hospital he went to England to study orthopaedics under Professor Brian McFarland in Liverpool from 1946 to 1953, passing the FRCS and the MCh Orth of Liverpool. On his return to Johannesburg he was appointed orthopaedic surgeon at the Johannesburg Hospital and lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Witwatersrand. In 1958 he was awarded the first American-British-Canadian (ABC) travelling fellowship.
Mannie was an enthusiastic teacher and an early proponent of the Muller total hip arthroplasty. In 1959 he set up in private practice in Johannesburg but remained consultant surgeon to the Mines Benefit Society and Mines Cotteslow Hospital. He was an examiner in the final orthopaedic fellowship examination of the College of Medicine of South Africa.
He died on 4 May 1994, his seventieth birthday.
Sources:
S Afr Med J 1994 84 457
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E008000-E008999/E008100-E008199
Media Type:
Unknown
