Bernhard Milt
Bernhard Milt (born November 3, 1896 in Glarus ; † March 18, 1956 in Zurich ) was a Swiss internist , medical historian and university professor .
Life
Milt was the son of pastor Bernhard Milt (1860-1935), his mother was Clara Milt, née Spoerry (1869-1943). He graduated from the Realgymnasium in St. Gallen and studied medicine at the University of Zurich . In 1922 he received his doctorate with the dissertation Influence of sterilization by partial tube resection on menstruation and sexual life . Milt worked as an internist in Zurich. In 1937 he married Anna Huber (1898–1974).
He completed his habilitation in 1948 with the font Franz Anton Mesmer and his relations with Switzerland . In 1951 Milt became associate professor for the history of medicine and first director of the Medical History Institute at the University of Zurich, which was founded in the same year. In 1988 it was renamed the "Medical History Institute and Museum". Milt took over the chair for medical history as an associate professor . After his death, Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht was appointed.
Fonts (selection)
- Influence of sterilization through partial tube resection on menstruation and sexual life. In: Journal for the whole of neurology and psychiatry. Vol. 112 (1928), no. 5, pp. 639-660 (dissertation, University of Zurich).
- Contribution to the knowledge of medieval medicine on Lake Constance and the Upper Rhine. In: Quarterly journal of the Zurich Natural Research Society. Volume 85, 1940, pp. 263-321.
- The development of Zurich's natural sciences and their upswing through the spirit of 1848. Fretz, Zurich 1949.
- Franz Anton Mesmer and his relations with Switzerland: Magic and medicine in Lavater's time. Antiquarian Society, Zurich 1953 (habilitation thesis, University of Zurich, 1952).
- Vadian as a doctor. Fehr, St. Gallen 1959.
literature
- Hans Fischer : Bernhard Milt (1896-1956). In: Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich. Vol. 101 (1956), pp. 220-226.
- Beat Rüttimann : Milt, Bernhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 532 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernhard Milt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernhard Milt: Conrad Geßner's theological encyclopedia , pp. 571-587
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Milt Bernhard . In: Matriculation edition of the University of Zurich
- ↑ Zurich Central Library ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christoph Mörgeli : Brief history of the Zurich medical history ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 5, 2010.
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SURNAME | Milt, Bernhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss internist, medical historian and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1896 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Glarus |
DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1956 |
Place of death | Zurich |