Arthur Birch-Hirschfeld

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Arthur Birch-Hirschfeld (born September 10, 1871 in Dresden , † January 31, 1945 in Danzig ) was professor of ophthalmology and rector of the Albertus University in Königsberg .

Life

Birch-Hirschfeld was the son of the pathologist Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld and studied medicine at the University of Leipzig and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He became a member of the Leipzig fraternity Germania . In 1896 he was licensed as a doctor and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD . He then worked as an assistant doctor at various institutes and clinics in Leipzig. Habilitated in Leipzig since 1900 , he was appointed associate professor at the University of Leipzig in 1906.

In 1915 he followed the call of Albertus University to the chair of ophthalmology . At this first university eye clinic in Prussia, which was independent of surgery, under the direction of Julius Jacobson (1828–1889), the only Prussian professor of ophthalmology from 1877 to 1889 , Birsch-Hirschfeld researched granulosis (formerly used for granulation tissue in trachoma , tubercle, etc.) Conjunctivitis granulomatosa), so that there was talk of a Königsberg school of trachoma treatment. He also made the clinic internationally known as a specialist in the field of eye socket disease.

Birch-Hirschfeld (middle front row) around 1930 with hospital staff from the Albertus University

Before the end of the First World War he was dean of the medical faculty. In 1932/33 he was rector of the Albertina. In 1936 he retired .

In 1944, after his house was destroyed, Birch-Hirschfeld moved to live with his daughter Anneliese Triller in Frauenburg . In January 1945, while fleeing the approaching Red Army , he died of a heart attack at the age of 73 in the house of his colleague Helmbold in Danzig.

Fonts

  • On the pathology of granulosis. Berlin 1925.
  • The light treatment in ophthalmology. Berlin 1928.
  • The true and the false eye diagnosis. Hall 1928.
  • The diseases of the orbit (manual of all ophthalmology). 2nd Edition. Volume 9, Dept. 1, Berlin 1930.
  • The granulosis and its control in East Prussia. Koenigsberg 1932.
  • A new way to test the function of the eye. Hall 1932.
  • For the pathological anatomy and therapy of the trachoma after histological examination of the tarsus and its conjunctiva. Leipzig 1938.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld - Freemason Wiki. Retrieved February 2, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Thomas Thamm: The corporation students in Königsberg / Prussia from 1918 to 1945. (= Historia Academica, series of publications by the student history association of the Coburg Convent. Volume 34). Würzburg 1995, ISBN 3-930877-27-9 .
  3. ^ E. Kunz: History of the University Eye Clinic Königsberg. 1st part: East Prussia. Doctors family summer. 1973, pp. 14-16, Part 2: East Prussian Doctor Family Advent. 1973, pp. 10-12 and part 3: Ostpreußische Doktorfamilie Ostern. 1974 (memorial letter) with many illustrations of Julius Jacobson's successors, pp. 6-10.
  4. ↑ See also the list of rectors at the Albertus University .
  5. ^ The Ostpreußenblatt. Year 13, episode 47, November 24, 1962, p. 13: The pensive death. (archiv.preussische-allgemeine.de)

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SURNAME Birch-Hirschfeld, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor, professor of ophthalmology and rector of the University of Königsberg
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1945
Place of death Danzig