Axel Hinrich Murken

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Axel Hinrich Murken (born December 2, 1937 in Gütersloh ) is a German doctor, medical and art historian.

Live and act

Axel Hinrich Murken studied medicine, art history and archeology from 1959 to 1973. On July 24, 1965, he passed his medical state examination at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , where he received his doctorate in the same year. med. been awarded a doctorate. In 2001 he was at the University of Bonn with an art historical investigation to the work of the surrealist Edgar Ende Dr. phil. PhD.

After two years of medical assistance in various hospitals, he received his license to practice medicine on June 5, 1968. After working as an assistant doctor at the Halle (Westf.) Municipal Hospital and in the Sarepta hospitals in Bielefeld, he began a scientific career as a medical historian on April 1, 1969. First he worked as an assistant at the University of Düsseldorf , where he qualified as a professor in 1973 in the subject of " History of Medicine ".

From 1975 to 1981 he was a professor at the Institute for Theory and History of Medicine at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. From 1974 to 1982 Murken represented the subjects “History of Medicine” and “Medical Terminology” as a lecturer at the University Clinic of the University of Essen . Subsequently, until his retirement in 2003, he was professor and director of the Institute for the History of Medicine and Hospitals at the University Hospital Aachen .

Murken is the son of gynecologist Dr. med. Diedrich Murken (1893–1958) and Elisabeth Murken, b. Goebel (1908-1998). He is married to the art historian and painter Christa Murken and has three children, including the artist Julian Murken .

activities

Murken is the author of numerous books and articles on the history of medicine, hospitals and art history, including the standard textbook on medical terminology . He was a member of the founding assembly of the "Free International University for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research eV", initiated by Joseph Beuys , which took place on April 27, 1973 in Beuys' studio on Drakeplatz. In 1976 he founded the Murken-Altrogge publishing house together with Christa Murken , where he is editor of the series Studies on the History of Hospitals and Studies on the History of Medicine, Art and Literature . From 1979 to 2009 he was chairman of the German Society for Hospital History. From 1977 to 1993 he was a founding member and chairman of the "Society of Friends and Patrons for a German Hospital Museum".

From 1972 to 2010 he edited the journal Historia Hospitalium . He is the founder of the Christian Heyden Prize for the promotion of building culture in the Gütersloh district.

In addition to the history of hospitals and medicine, Murken's main interest is the reflection of medicine in painting. Furthermore, his scientific work applies to art history and outsider art , especially in their relation to suffering, pain and healing. It has important collections on the work of Joseph Beuys (healing powers of art) and on Edgar Ende's painting .

He donated his collection of around 4,000 volumes on medical books for children and young people since 1800 to the picture book museum in Troisdorf. Murken is co-author of the medical dictionary edited by Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann , the third edition of which was published in 2006.

Publications

  • The picture of the German hospital in the 19th century. 2nd Edition. Verlag Murken Altrogge, Münster 1978, ISBN 3-921801-01-X .
  • Here lies my husband and sends his regards. The hospital on old postcards . F. Coppenrath Verlag, Münster 1978, ISBN 3-920192-47-8 .
  • The structural development of the German general hospital in the 19th century . Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1979, ISBN 3-525-45355-8 .
  • Joseph Beuys and medicine . Verlag F. Coppenrath, Münster 1979, ISBN 3-920192-81-8 .
  • The new bathing and spa facilities in Bad Nauheim at the beginning of the 20th century , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1987.
  • History of medicine. Founded by Erwin H. Ackerknecht. 7th edition. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-432-80037-1 .
  • From the poor hospital to the large hospital. The history of the hospital from the 18th century to the present. 3. Edition. DuMont-Verlag, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-7701-2134-1 .
  • with Christa Murken: Processes of Freedom. From expressionism to soul and body art . DuMont Verlag , Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7701-1756-5 .
  • with Christa Murken: From the avant-garde to postmodernism. 20th century painting . Verlag Klinkhardt and Biermann, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7814-0309-2 .
  • Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the medical faculty of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen . Biermann-Verlag, Zülpich 1991, ISBN 3-924469-54-7 .
  • Medical terminology textbook. Basics of medical terminology. 6th edition. Scientific publishing company, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-8047-3910-9 .
  • with Christa Murken: Romanticism in contemporary art . Wienand-Verlag, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-87909-338-5 .
  • with Christa Murken: Melancholy and Eros in Art and the Present. Wienand-Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-87909-569-8 .
  • Edgar end. His life and work (1901–1965). Its position in art history in 20th century painting . Murken-Altrogge publishing house, Herzogenrath 2001, ISBN 3-920192-81-8 .
  • with Arne Reimann: Edgar Ende. Melancholy and promise . Edited by Axel Hinrich Murken and Arne Reimann, Unna district. Verlag Kettler, Dortmund 2018, ISBN 978-3-86206-722-0 .
  • with Maria Linsmann and Bernhard Schmitz: Child, illness and hospital in children's and young people's books. The Professor Dr. Dr. Axel Hinrich Murken . Troisdorf 2004, ISBN 3-9809301-2-2 .
  • Roland Delcol ou l'objet de désir et de métaphore. Verlag Murken-Altrogge, Herzogenrath 2005, ISBN 3-935791-16-X .
  • with Volker Rattemeyer and Hans-Peter Wipplinger : Joseph Beuys. Healing powers of art. Works from the Axel Hinrich Murken collection. 2., ext. Edition. Verlag Murken-Altrogge, Herzogenrath 2007, ISBN 978-3-935791-23-6 .
  • History of Occupational Medicine. In: Stephan Letzel , Dennis Nowak: Handbuch der Arbeitsmedizin. 9th edition. Ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2008, ISBN 978-3-609-10570-3 , 1st supplement. Lfg. 3/07, pp. 1–31.
  • Pain as man's constant companion, from birth to death. Its cultural, medical and historical dimensions . 4 volumes. Verlag Murken-Altrogge, Herzogenrath 2003-2008, ISBN 3-935791-11-9 , ISBN 3-935791-13-5 , ISBN 3-935791-20-8 , ISBN 978-3-935791-30-4 .
  • Edgar Ende (1901-1965). The omnipotence of dreams . (= Studies on the history of medicine, art and literature. Volume 63). Herzogenrath 2009, ISBN 978-3-935791-31-1 .
  • Fantastic worlds. From Surrealism to Neo-Symbolism - Three generations of 20th century painters. (= Studies on the history of medicine, art and literature. Volume 64). 2nd Edition. Herzogenrath 2012, ISBN 978-3-935791-40-3 .
  • Joseph Beuys and Paris. Insights into his work (1921–1986). (= Studies on the history of medicine, art and literature. Volume 68). 3. Edition. Herzogenrath 2013, ISBN 978-3-935791-42-7 .
  • The history of leprosy and the Aachen leprosarium (1230–1550) . In: Andreas Prescher and Paul Wagner (eds.), Aachen, Melaten. The cemetery of the medieval leprosarium on the Via Regia, Darmstadt 2016, pp. 17–28.
  • with Peter R. Pawlik : Greetings from the hospital. Postcards from Berlin hospitals . (= Studies on the history of medicine, art and literature. Volume 73). Herzogenrath 2017, ISBN 978-3-935791-49-6 .
  • Herbert Rolf Schlegel (1889–1972). His life and work , Verlag Murken-Altrogge, Herzogenrath 2020, 218 pages, ISBN 978-3-935791-54-0 (Second edition: 232 pages, ISBN 978-3-935791-57-1 )

literature

  • Walter Schombardt: Not the state, but individual personalities. On the history of the hospital system. From the work of Dr. Axel Murkens. In: Düsseldorfer Hefte. 19, H. 12, 1974, p. 17.
  • Margot Klütsch (Ed.): Blickpunkt Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1965–1990). Murken collection . Meerbusch 1991.
  • Otto Pannewitz (Hrsg.): People images - The Murken collection . City of Sindelfingen 1992.
  • Peter R. Pawlik: A tribute to the achievements of Honorary Chairman Axel Hinrich Murken. Thirty years chairman of the German Society for Hospital History from 1979 to 2009. In: Historia Hospitalium. Volume 29: 2014-2015. Pp. 370-383.
  • Peter Voswinckel: On the 65th birthday of Professor Dr. med. Dr. phil. Axel Hinrich Murken. In: News sheet of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology. 53, 2003, pp. 104-105.
  • Axel Dost, Gudrun Färber-Töller, Heinz Rodegra (eds.): Hospital, art, medicine, commemorative publication for Axel Hinrich Murken . (= Historia Hospitalium. Volume 23: 2002-2003 ). ISBN 3-935791-06-2 .
  • Manfred Stollenwerk: Axel Hinrich Murken: Chairman of the German Society for Hospital History for thirty years . (= Historia Hospitalium. Volume 26: 2008-2009 ). ISBN 978-3-935791-35-9 , pp. 313-320.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerda Kaltwasser, University of Creativity. An attractive plan by Joseph Beuys before the realization . In: Rheinische Post , April 28, 1973.
  2. ^ Christiane Locher, prominent support for the Free Academy. Now Beyus is fighting as the "founding rector" . In: Neue Ruhr Zeitung , No. 98, April 28, 1973.
  3. ↑ Axel Hinrich Murken and Arne Reimann (eds.), Edgar Ende. Melancholy and promise. With a list of the works by Edgar Ende, edited and edited by Axel Hinrich Murken , Unna 2018, pages 34–181.
  4. ^ Wolfgang U. Eckart , Christoph Gradmann : Doctors Lexicon. From antiquity to the present. 3. Edition. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-29584-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Murken, Axel Hinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murken, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medical historian, art historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Gutersloh