Alfred Wolff-Eisner

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Alfred Wolff-Eisner (born August 25, 1877 in Berlin , † March 29, 1948 in Berlin) was a German-Jewish physician (bacteriologist and serologist).

Life

Wolff-Eisner studied in Berlin , Kiel and Tübingen , where he received his Dr. med. received his doctorate .

He was an assistant in Berlin city hospitals with Moritz Litten (1845-1907) and Johannes Karl August Eugen Alfred Goldscheider (1858-1935), at the Königsberg Hygiene Institute with Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer (1858-1945) and at the Berlin University Polyclinic with Hermann Senator .

In 1923 he received his habilitation in internal medicine , and in 1928 he became an associate professor.

His research areas were hematology , immunology , internal medicine , tuberculosis and diseases of hypersensitivity.

In 1947 he published the book About Deficiency Diseases based on observations in the Theresienstadt concentration camp about his experiences as a prisoner.

Works

  • Together with Martin Klimmer : Handbook of serum therapy and serum diagnostics in veterinary medicine. 2 volumes. Leipzig 1911.
  • Manual of experimental therapy, serum and chemotherapy. Munich 1912; 2nd edition 1926; Supplementary volume 1931.
  • The hay fever: its nature and its treatment. Munich 1906.
  • The ophthalmic and cutaneous diagnosis of tuberculosis. Wuerzburg 1908.
  • Early diagnosis and tuberculosis immunity. Wuerzburg 1909.
  • Clinical immunology and serodiagnostics. Jena 1910.
  • Manual of Experimental Serum Therapy. JF Lehmann, Munich 1910.
  • The prognosis for pulmonary tuberculosis. Berlin and Vienna 1914.
  • Tuberculosis diagnosis and therapy. Leipzig 1921.

literature

  • P. Voswinckel: Gravestone saved from decay. In memoriam of Professor Alfred Wolff-Eisner (1877–1948), Jewish pioneer of pollen disease . In: Allergology. Volume 11, 1988, pp. 41-46.
  • Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 short biographies of important German Jews of the 20th century. Askania, Lindhorst 1982, ISBN 3-921730-10-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wolff-Eisner, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1948
Place of death Berlin