Bernhard Pollack

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From left Siegfried Kalischer , Edward Flatau , Louis Jacobsohn-Lask , Bernhard Pollack. Berlin around 1900
Bernhard Pollack's grave in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee

Bernhard Pollack (born August 14, 1865 ; † March 3, 1928 in Berlin ) was a German ophthalmologist and neuroanatomist , professor of ophthalmology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin and a recognized pianist .

Life

His father Jakob Pollack was a businessman in Berlin , his mother, nee. Ledermann, came from Silesia . He had two older brothers, Joseph and Paul. His sister Clara (1857-1896) was the mother of Richard Lichtheim . His second sister Betty, married. Friedmann, was murdered in Auschwitz .

He was the first husband of the actress and soprano Fritzi Massary (1882-1969). The marriage was short-lived. In 1912 Pollack married for the second time, Baroness Marie Elisabeth (Miky) Popper von Podhrágy (1887–1922), the daughter of Baron Berthold Popper von Podhrágy (1857–1929) and Katharina Löwenstein. They had a son, Hanns.

He died in 1928 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee (field H, section II).

Scientific career

Pollack studied at Heidelberg University and Leipzig University . In 1893 he received his doctorate under Carl Weigert on metastatic lung cancer . After completing his studies, he settled in Berlin. There he worked from 1898 to 1904 as an assistant in the polyclinic of Emanuel Mendel , in the anatomical institute with Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer , at the institute for infectious diseases of Robert Koch and in the eye clinic of Paul Silex . In Mendel's practice, he worked with the Polish neurologist Edward Flatau and became friends with him. He published works with him and Max Bielschowsky . In early 1897 he published a handbook for The Staining Technique for the Nervous System , which deals with the question of microscopic staining techniques for neuroanatomical specimens and has been translated into English and French. In 1905 the third edition of the book appeared in German.

In 1919 he became professor of ophthalmology at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin.

The musician Pollack

In addition to his work as a doctor, Pollack was a recognized pianist. He was a student of Moritz Moszkowski in Berlin. He performed with Fritz Kreisler and the violinist József Szigeti . His friends included Emil von Sauer , Moriz Rosenthal , Teresa Carreño , Józef Hofmann , Leopold Godowski and Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler . In 1911 he was one of the founders and the first conductor of the Berlin Doctors Orchestra .

Works (selection)

  • About metastatic lung tumors. Inaugural dissertation . Heidelberg, 1893
  • Some remarks on Neuroglia and Neuroglia staining . In: Archives for microscopic anatomy . tape 48 , no. 1 , 1896, p. 274-280 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02977432 .
  • Advances in microscopic technology for the study of the nervous system . In: Monthly magazine for psychiatry and neurology . tape 2 , no. 4 , 1897, p. 299-306 , doi : 10.1159 / 000228868 .
  • Kempner W., Pollack B. The effect of botulinum toxin (meat poison) and its specific antitoxin on nerve cells . German Medical Wochenschrift 23, pp. 505-507, 1897
  • Recent work in the field of microscopic anatomy of the nervous system, including the fiber course . In: Monthly magazine for psychiatry and neurology . tape 3 , no. 2 , 1898, p. 196-201 , doi : 10.1159 / 000228793 .
  • Report on the lectures in the field of neurology at the XV. Congress for Internal Medicine in Berlin, June 9-12, 1897 . In: Monthly magazine for psychiatry and neurology . tape 2 , no. 2 , 1897, p. 163-169 , doi : 10.1159 / 000228855 .
  • Methods of Staining the Nervous System ; Translated from the second German edition by William R. Jack. Glasgow: F. Bauermeister; London: Whittaker & Co., 1899
  • Les méthodes de preparation et de coloration du système nerveux; traduit de l'allemand by Jean Nicolaidi . Paris: Carré & Naud, 1900
  • Behavior of the sclera in panophthalmia . Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde 9, pp. 218-223, 1903
  • Bielschowsky M., Pollack B. On the knowledge of the innervation of the Siugethier's eye . Neurologisches Centralblatt 23, 387, 1904
  • Short tongue, Pollack B. A case of primary neoplasm on the optic disc . Journal of Ophthalmology 10 (4), 1904
  • The staining technique for the nervous system . S. Karger, Berlin, 1905
  • Free eye exam: a warning . The general practitioner 10, 215-221, 248-250, 1916
  • Privy Councilor Professor Dr. Flint . Berliner Tageblatt 47, p. 3 (March 18, 1918)
  • Glioma of the optic nerve . Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift 58, pp. 210–211, 1921
  • Demonstration of a Filaria Loa . Clinical Weekly 2, 1621, 1923
  • Memories of Moritz Moszkowski . Berliner Tageblatt Handels-Zeitung 54, pp. 2–3 (March 14, 1925)
  • "Glioma of the optic nerve". W: Bornsztajn M . (red.) Księga jubileuszowa Edwarda Flataua . Warszawa: Gebethner-Wolff, 1929 pp. 595–600

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lichtheim, Richard W: Neue Deutsche Biographie Bd. 14, p. 466
  2. ↑ a b c d Lazaros C. Triarhou : Bernhard Pollack (1865–1928) . In: Journal of Neurology . tape 257 , no. 9 , September 2010, ISSN  0340-5354 , p. 1585–1586 , doi : 10.1007 / s00415-010-5564-x (English, karger.com [PDF]).
  3. ^ A b c Lazaros C. Triarhou: The Berlin ophthalmologist Bernhard Pollack: Neurohistology scholar and devout musician . Corpus Callosum, 2011 ISBN 978-9-609-32639-1
  4. ^ Pollack B. On metastatic lung tumors. Inaugural dissertation . Leipzig, 1893
  5. ↑ Bernhard Pollack: The dyeing technique for the nervous system. S. Karger, Berlin 1905
  6. ^ József Szigeti: With Strings Attached - Reminiscences and Reflections . New edition 2015 Andesite Press ISBN 978-1-298-03020-7
personal data
SURNAME Pollack, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist and neuroanatomist
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1865
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1928
Place of death Berlin