Curt Adam

Curt Adam (born May 11, 1875 in Berlin ; † January 9, 1941 there ) was a German ophthalmologist.

Life

Curt Adam was the son of the businessman Franz Adam in Berlin. He studied medicine at the University of Marburg , and in 1896 the Corps Hasso Nassovia recipiert . When he was inactive, he switched to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . In 1903 he received his doctorate in Berlin. He completed his habilitation in 1910 and then worked as a private lecturer in ophthalmology at Berlin University.

Curt Adam's grave in Berlin-Kreuzberg

In 1914 he succeeded Robert Kutner as editor-in-chief of the journal for medical training , he was general secretary of the Reich Committee for medical training and director of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus for medical training in Prussia. As a collaborator, he was involved in the lexicon of the entire therapy . In memory of C. Adam, the Curt Adam Prize for outstanding medical advanced training was awarded by the Congress Society for Medical Advanced Training, Berlin, for decades.

Curt Adam died in Berlin in 1941 at the age of 65. His grave is in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Churches in Berlin-Kreuzberg . On the front of the grave stele, a relief tondo is carved out with the portrait of the dead person in profile.

Publications

• Therapeutic paperback for eye practice. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin 1910.
• The medical training system in Germany: hygiene organization d. League of Nations; Boarding school Study trip plus advanced training lectures f. foreign Medical officer. Reichsdruckerei, Berlin 1927.
• Guide through medical Berlin 1938. Published on behalf of the Berlin Academy for Medical Training. Waibel, Berlin 1938.

literature

• Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, pp. 6-7, ISBN 3-598-30664-4

Web links

• Cemetery Berlin: Memorial Curt Adam, Friedpark Jerusalems- und Neue Kirche, Friedhof III (accessed: January 12, 2015),

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Vassel: Corps history of Hasso-Nassovia zu Marburg 1839-1954. A retelling , Vol. 2. Marburg 1979, p. 272
2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 101 , 624
3. ↑ Dissertation: The treatment of the inguinal bubons
4. ^ G. Gillhoff: Curt Adam (1875–1941) Berlin ophthalmologist and director of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus. Dissertation . FU Berlin. Berlin 1969.
5. ↑ M. Stürzbecher: On the history of the "Journal for Medical Further Education". In: Z ärztl Fortb (ZaeF). 89, 1995, pp. 81-86.
6. ↑ J. Hammerstein: 100 years of the Kaiserin Friedrich Foundation for advanced medical training through the ages. In: Z ärztl Fortbild Qual Gesundh wes. 98, 2004, pp. 81-84.
7. ↑ Walter Marle (Ed.): Lexicon of the entire therapy with diagnostic information. 2 volumes, 4th revised edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1935 ( list of employees ).
8. ^ Announcement of the Curt Adam Prize 1979 In: Biomed Techn. 1978; 23, p. 81.
9. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 239.

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Kutner	Editor-in-chief, magazine for medical training 1914–1940	Franz Puetz
Robert Kutner	Director, Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus 1914–1940	Franz Puetz
Robert Kutner	Secretary General, Reich Committee for Advanced Medical Education 1914–1940	Franz Puetz