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German-Austrian surgeon (–)

Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (26 April &#;&#; 6 February ) was a German surgeon and amateur musician.

As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. As a musician, he was a close friend and confidant of Johannes Brahms, a leading patron of the Viennese musical scene, and one of the first to attempt a scientific analysis of musicality.

As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery.

As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery.

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Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a German surgeon and amateur musician.

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Early life and education

Billroth was born at Bergen auf Rügen in the Kingdom of Prussia, the son of a pastor. His father died of tuberculosis when Billroth was five years old. He attended school in Greifswald where he obtained his Abitur degree in Billroth was an indifferent student, and spent more time practicing piano than studying.

Torn between a career as a musician or as a physician, he acceded to his mother's wishes and enrolled himself at the University of Greifswald to study medicine, but gave up the whole of his first term to the