Eduard Heinrich Henoch

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Eduard Heinrich Henoch

Eduard Heinrich Henoch (born June 16, 1820 in Berlin , † August 26, 1910 in Dresden ) was a German physician , internist and pioneer in paediatrics . He taught at Berlin University from 1868 to 1894.

Life

Eduard Heinrich Henoch was a grandson of the haulage company Israel Moses Henoch , a pioneer of local public transport in Berlin . He himself grew up in a Jewish family , but converted to Protestant Christianity in 1842 .

Henoch studied medicine as a student of Johann Lukas Schönlein and Moritz Heinrich Romberg in Berlin. With a dissertation entitled De atrophi cerebri , he received his doctorate in medicine in 1843. He then worked as an assistant doctor in his uncle Romberg's polyclinic and as a poor doctor. During this time he began to publish works on childhood diseases. In 1849 he finished his training in internal medicine and qualified as a private lecturer the following year. Although he was formally active in his own practice from now on, he remained connected to the university through lectures and scientific publications. In recognition of his scientific merits, he was appointed associate professor in 1858.

The date of her marriage to Helene Louise Behrens is not known, but it is known that she died of scarlet fever shortly after her daughter was born in 1860 at the age of 25. Enoch threw himself into work and opened a children's outpatient clinic in his private quarters, which existed until 1871. This was a clear signal that he was giving up any plans for an academic career in internal medicine. A chair for pediatrics did not yet exist at that time. Nevertheless, Enoch continued his publications. In 1872 he resumed the extraordinary professorship for paediatrics and became director of the clinic and polyclinic for childhood diseases at the Charité , which he headed until 1893. In retirement he lived in Merano for more than five years with his daughter's family and moved to Dresden in 1899. The inflammation of Henoch-Schönlein purpura bears his name.

On his 70th birthday, Enoch was honored with a bust modeled by the sculptor Fritz Schaper , which was publicly displayed in the Charité facilities in front of his children's clinic. During the time of National Socialism , the bust of his famous predecessor Enoch was removed at the instigation of the pediatrician Georg Bessau after he had initiated research into the Jewish origin of Enoch.

Works

  • Clinical results. Collected in the royal. Polyclinic Institute of the University. Berlin 1846, with 2 illustrations.
  • Translation by George Budd : The diseases of the liver. Berlin 1846, with 2 plates.
  • Clinic of Abdominal Diseases. 3 volumes, Berlin, 1852–1858; 3rd ed. 1863.
  • Contributions to paediatrics. 2 parts. Berlin 1861–1868.
  • Pediatric textbook. Berlin 1881; 2nd edition 1883.
  • Lectures on childhood diseases. Berlin 1881; 10th edition 1899.

literature

Web links

Commons : Eduard Heinrich Henoch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henoch, Eduard Heinrich in der Deutschen Biographie , accessed on February 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ The Charité - medicine under the swastika. In: daserste.de , February 19, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2019 (43:45 min., Here: 10: 55–11: 15 min.).
personal data
SURNAME Enoch, Eduard Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1910
Place of death Dresden