Arthur Weber (medic)

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Arthur Ernst Weber (born August 3, 1879 in Fechenheim , district of Frankfurt am Main since 1928 ; † June 7, 1975 in Eschwege ) was a German balneologist , cardiologist and university professor .

Life

Family and education

The Evangelical baptized, born Fechenheimer Arthur Weber turned to the depositing of the Baccalaureate the study of medicine at the University of Marburg , the University of Leipzig and the University of Greifswald to, there took place in 1904 his doctorate to Dr. med.

Arthur Weber married Amy née Boserup in 1912. Weber died in June 1975 two months before he would have turned 96 in Eschwege, Hesse.

Professional background

Arthur Weber got a position as a scientific assistant at the eye clinic in Greifswald immediately after his doctorate . After the following years of assistance at the Physiological Institute of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , at the Pathological Institute of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and at the Hygiene Institute of the University of Graz , he returned to Greifswald, where he was employed at the Medical University Clinic. In the winter semester of 1905/06 Arthur Weber moved to the Medical University Clinic of the Justus Liebig University in Gießen , where he completed his habilitation in 1909 as a private lecturer for the subject of internal medicine , in 1914 he became an associate professor, in 1930 he was appointed as an associate professor for balneology, in 1941 promoted to full professor. Weber retired in 1953 . In addition, from 1914 to 1955 he was the head of the Balneological Institute in Bad Nauheim . He was also employed there from 1926 to 1944 as the chief physician of important spa establishments.

Work and appreciation

Arthur Weber, co-founder and vehement advocate of the development and regular use of diagnostic procedures, such as phonocardiography , venous pulse registration and especially electrocardiography , has received several awards in recognition of his fundamental services in his specialist areas, including honorary citizenship of the city of Bad Nauheim and honorary doctorates the Justus Liebig University Giessen and the Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg , the honorary memberships of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, the Medical Society Giessen eV, the German Society for Circulatory Research , the German Society for Internal Medicine and the German Baths Association, 1951 the Carl Ludwig Medal of the German Society for Circulatory Research, 1954 the Great Federal Cross of Merit and 1959 the Goethe Plaque of the State of Hesse .

Since 1959, the Arthur Weber Prize named after him and donated by the Arthur Weber Foundation has been awarded by the German Society for Cardiology for special achievements in this field.

Publications

  • Electrocardiography and other graphic methods in circulatory diagnostics, 3rd edition, J. Springer, Berlin, 1937
  • On the practical meaning of the ECG, The medical world w. Mannstaedt, Berlin, 1939
  • Atlas of Phonocardiography: Optical and magnetic transcription of the heart sound, also 2nd edition of the "Heart sound registration", D. Steinkopff, Darmstadt, 1956
  • Problems of coronary sclerosis, Werk-Verlag Banaschewski, Graefelfing (Munich), 1974

literature

  • Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 2, 10th edition, Berlin 1966, p. 2617.
  • August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? The German Who's Who. Volume 16. Arani, Berlin 1970, ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 , p. 1398.
  • Journal of Cardiology. Volume 64, issue 2. Steinkopff Verlag / Springer Verlag, 1975, p. 986.
  • Dieter Klein: Arthur Weber (1879–1975) and the Balneological University Institute in Bad Nauheim from 1929 to 1955. W. Schmitz, Giessen 2005, ISBN 3-87711-230-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arthur Weber Prize , DGK website; accessed on December 11, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Arthur Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German balneologist, cardiologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Fechenheim
DATE OF DEATH June 7th 1975
Place of death Eschwege