Carl Spengler

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Carl Spengler (born June 30, 1860 in Davos ; † September 15, 1937 there ) was a Swiss surgeon and bacteriologist . He is considered to be the inventor of "immunotherapy according to C. Spengler", which is an application of the principles of homeopathy .

Life

Carl Spengler was the second son of Alexander Spengler , landscape doctor from Davos and founder of the Davos mountain cure and the health resort of Davos. His older brother Lucius Spengler was also a pulmonologist. Spengler attended the canton school in Trogen . He studied medicine at the universities of Zurich , Heidelberg and Strasbourg . In Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Suevia . After the state examination in 1886 and his doctorate in Strasbourg in 1887, he was an assistant doctor at the surgical university clinic in Zurich until 1889 . From 1892 to 1896 he was a student and assistant to Robert Koch at the Prussian Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin. Then he was head of the Alexanderhaus sanatorium in Davos and carried out research on tuberculosis and cancer . The immune body preparations he developed proved to be effective.

Immunotherapy according to C. Spengler

Spenglersan

At the beginning of the 20th century, therapeutic uses of agents containing bacterial components for the treatment of cancer and other diseases were common, and several directions of use emerged. In the course of his research on new treatment options for tuberculosis, Spengler, a colleague of Robert Koch , initially developed an agent that was later called colloid T ( T stands for tuberculosis).

Some of the agents introduced by Spengler ( “Spenglersane” , “Spengler Colloids” , “Spenglersan Colloids” ) are now used in alternative medicine both therapeutically and diagnostically. They are made from antigens and antitoxins from various bacterial strains that have been potentized homeopathically to D9 or D13. The application is based on the idea that the immune system is strengthened and the self-healing powers are promoted. The preparations do not have a scientifically proven effectiveness.

The preparations are used as finished medicinal products for. B. under the name Spenglersan ® Kolloide , marketed by other pharmaceutical companies under other names. It is administered percutaneously by rubbing it onto the skin, and there are also preparations in Switzerland that can be sprayed into the nose or throat.

The Dr. Spengler blood test (also Schwarz test or colloid test according to Wolters) is the analysis of a coagulation pattern that results from mixing a small amount of blood from a patient treated with Spenglersan and various Spenglersan colloids . Attention is paid to clumps which, from an alternative medicine point of view, can be attributed to the presence of antibodies against certain bacteria. The suitability of the test has not been proven.

Sports

Carl Spengler was an enthusiastic athlete and donated the Spengler Cup . According to the foundation charter, he wanted to give the once hostile nations the opportunity to measure their strength in peaceful struggle and to shake hands in a friendly manner. He may also have been the first to ski in Davos or all of Switzerland; his father Alexander Spengler got a pair of Lappish hunting skis from a Nordic patient in 1873 (today in the Winter Sports Museum Davos ) and Carl Spengler tried his hand at skiing with them .

literature

  • Claudius Chr. Rauscher: Practice-oriented Spenglersan immunotherapy for ulcus cruris. Taking into account enzyme therapy and oxygen therapy. Urban & Vogel, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-86094-170-4 .
  • Siegfried Rilling: From Tuberculinum to Immunotherapeutic, The Spenglersan Therapy. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Karl F. Haug Verlag, Heidelberg 1993, ISBN 3-7760-1335-4 .
  • Christian Schmid: The founder (of the Spengler Cup). In: Davos Revue. Vol. 76 (2003), No. 4, p. 15.
  • J. Ferdmann: The rise of Davos. 2nd Edition. Davos Revue, Davos 1990.
  • Jules Ferdmann: Dr. Carl Spengler. In: Davos Revue. 1936, No. 1, p. 12f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Armin Danco: The yellow book of the Corps Suevia in Heidelberg. 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 714.
  2. ↑ Peter Bollier: Carl Spengler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 14, 2012 , accessed March 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Spengler, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spengler, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss surgeon and bacteriologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1937
Place of death Davos