Person
Bruck, Ludwig ( - 1915)
- Born
- Germany
- Died
- 14 August 1915
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Medical journalist
Summary
Ludwig Bruck was a medical practitioner who came to Tasmania in 1873 and moved to Sydney in 1881. Here he established his own business as an importer of medical equipment and medical publisher. He was joined in partnership in 1914 by Richard Thomson. In 1915 Bruck was accused by the authorities of trading with the enemy and committed suicide. Thomson and the business survived with a change of name to Richard Thomson and Company. Aside from his writing as a medical journalist, Bruck was a highly successful medical publisher. For 15 years from 1881 he published the Australasian medical gazette for the local branches of the British Medical Association. Five editions of his The Australian medical directory and hand-book appeared between 1883 and 1900: the 1886 edition included, as an appendix, "The list of unregistered practitioners". Another of his books was the Guide to the health resorts in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand (1888).
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Chronology
- 1873
- Life event - Arrived in Tasmania
- 1881
- Life event - Moved to Sydney
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Edited Books
- Bruck, Ludwig ed., The Australian medical directory and hand-book (Sydney: Australasian Medical Gazette, 1883), 194 pp. Details
- Bruck, Ludwig ed., Guide to the health resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand (Sydney: Australasian Medical Gazette, 1888), 183 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Bruck, Ludwig, 'The mineral springs of Australia', The Australasian Medical Gazette, 10 (1891), 97-106. Details
- Haridas, Rajesh P., Cooper, Michael G. and Kennedy. Andrew J., 'The Bruck inhaler: an ether inhaler misattributed to Ludwig Bruck, an Australian medical publisher and supplier of medical equipment', Anaesthesia and intensive care, 53 (4 supp.) (2025), 42-9, https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057X241285171. Details
- Martyr, Philippa, 'When Doctors Fail: Ludwig Bruck's List of Unregistered Practitioners (1886)', Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History, October 1997 (1997), http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/bruck.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6699200. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92154546. Details
- 'Bruck, Ludwig', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-917189. Details
Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn
Created: 25 October 2006, Last modified: 7 July 2026