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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B.
Vol. I
Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Company.
Geo. Richmond, Prks.; C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
1904
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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E.
GUSTAV ZINKE, M. D. A complete
biography of our distinguished subject would include a
history of many of the leading medical institutions of this
city, and a record of the greater part of the advancement of
medical science. Dr. Zinke’s name is
identified with some of the most remarkable surgical
operations in this section of the United States and the
methods which he has evolved have been adopted over a wide
territory.
Dr. Zinke was born May 29, 1846, at
Spremberg, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia,
Germany, and he is a son of Ernest W. and Amelia (Martin)
Zinke, who were parents of seven children, our subject
being the second in order of birth. Until his 16th
year he attended school at Goerlitz, and then entered the
Prussian Navy, now the German Navy, where he served for
eight years, visiting during this time all parts of the
world, securing various promotions on account of excellent
seamanship. It was his privilege to belong to one of
the ships which took part in the opening of the Suez Canal,
on Nov. 29, 1869. When his life on board ship ended,
in 1870, he came to the United States, landing at New York,
and located at Virden and Girard, Illinois, where he engaged
in farm labor and subsequently taught German and perfected
his own education.
In 1872 our subject began the study of medicine with
Dr. Jones, a homeopathic physician at
Girard/Illinois; six months later he entered the office of
Dr. J. R. Mitchell. In 1873, he became a
student at the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati where
he was graduated in 1875. Dr. Zinke has never
severed his connection with his alma mater, and has occupied
the position of assistant to the chair of ophthalmology and
otology, under Prof. W. W. Seely, and to the chair of
obstetrics and gynecology under Prof. G. D. Palmer,
and has been prosector of anatomy under Prof. P. S.
Conner. He now holds the position of professor of
obstetrics and clinical midwifery in this time honored
institution, now the Medical Department of the University of
Cincinnati. He was one of the founders of the German
Deaconess’ Home and Hospital, and for 10 years has been a
member of its board of managers and is still the president
of its medical staff. Dr. Zinke has been
president of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and of the
Obstetrical Society of Cincinnati and first vice-president
of the Ohio State Medical Society; he is also a member of
the American Medical Association, the Southern Surgical and
Gynecological Society and the American Association of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Medical literature
has been made richer by his pen, some of his most thoughtful
articles being: “Emment’s Operation,—When Shall it, and When
Shall it Not be Performed”; “The Use of Chloroform
During Labor’’; “The Treatment of Hemorrhoids by Carbolic
Acid Injections”; “ Puerperal Fever and the Early Employment
of Antiseptic Vaginal Injections”; “Gastro-Elytrotomy and
the Porro Operation vs. the Samger Method of Performing
Caesarean Section”; “Is Caesarean Section Justifiable in
Certain Cases of Placenta Previa”; “Limitations of Caesarean
Section,” and many others of equal value. It was this
careful, skilled surgeon who performed the first successful
“ Caesarean Section ” in Cincinnati, January, 1893.
The following May he performed the first “ Symphyseotomy ”
west of the Alleghanies, saving the lives of both mother and
child. During Labor’’; “The Treatment of
Hemorrhoids by Carbolic Acid Injections”; “ Puerperal Fever
and the Early Employment of Antiseptic Vaginal Injections”;
“Gastro-Elytrotomy and the Porro Operation vs. the Samger
Method of Performing Caesarean Section”; “Is Caesarean
Section Justifiable in Certain Cases of Placenta Previa”;
“Limitations of Caesarean Section,” and many others of equal
value. It was this careful, skilled surgeon who
performed the first successful “Caesarean Section” in
Cincinnati, January, 1893. The following May he
performed the first “Symphyseotomy” west of the Alleghanies,
saving the lives of both mother and child.
On Mar. 26, 1879, Dr. Zinke was married
to Clara Von Seggern, who is a daughter
of Christopher Von Seggern, a prominent
lawyer of Cincinnati. The children of this union are:
Stanley G., born Aug. 25, 1880; and Edna A.,
born Nov. 29, 1883. Stanley G. Zinke was
graduated in medicine in 1902, and served as interne in the
Good Samaritan and Cincinnati hospitals, both positions
being secured by competitive examination. The family
residence is located at No. 13 Garfield place. Dr.
Zinke is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Mystic
Shriner. Politically he is a Republican.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 - Publ., 1904 - Page 264 |
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