Erhard Glaser

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Erhard Glaser (born January 8, 1870 in Lichtenstadt ; † July 10, 1947 in Vienna ) was an Austrian medical officer , physician and biochemist.

Life

Erhard Glaser studied medicine at the Charles University in Prague from 1890 to 1896 . He interrupted his studies on April 1, 1893 to serve as a one-year volunteer in Feldjäger Battalion 22. On September 30, 1893 he was released to the reserve and then continued his studies. After his doctorate as Dr. med. On March 1, 1897, he was accepted into active military service as a junior doctor and was employed as a probationary doctor at Garrison Lazarett 11 in Prague. Glaser then came to the garrison hospital in Vienna on June 1, 1897 as a doctor for internal medicine and otology and was promoted to senior physician at the end of the month. In 1899 he was appointed regimental physician 2nd class in Vienna and in 1901 he was appointed to the chemical laboratory of the military medical committee. During this time, Glaser took a degree in chemistry and he was on 27 November 1903 the University of Vienna Dr. phil. PhD. In 1914 he also obtained his habilitation as a hygienist in Vienna.

After the outbreak of the First World War, Glaser worked at the front in Russia and Romania, initially as a medical officer, as well as a senior medical officer 2nd (since May 1, 1915) and class I (since November 1, 1918). As such, he was retired on September 1, 1920. From 1918 to February 1, 1923, Glaser was also court advisor in the State Office for Social Administration. He then worked in an advisory capacity for the Austrian Armed Forces .

In 1926 he was appointed associate professor for pharmacognosy at the University of Vienna.

In 1928, Glaser and Siegmund Frisch pointed out the dangerousness ( phosgene ) of the carbon tetrachloride fire extinguishers that were still common at the time .

In 1939, Glaser and Robert Drobnik published a study on the active ingredients in garlic . Together with Oskar Haempel , in 1941 he developed the pregnancy test known as the Glaser-Haempelscher fish test with the help of the bitterling .

In 1942 Glaser retired .

On March 15, 1938, he was given the status of General Doctor zV and at the same time he was made available to the Wehrmacht . During the occupation of the Sudetenland he acted as the chief medical officer of Army Group 5, later the 14th Army . After the beginning of the Second World War , he was transferred to the 12th Army on October 13, 1939 . From February 15, 1940, Glaser worked as a doctor at Oberfeldkommandantur 520 in occupied Belgium. From there, on September 11th of that year, he was recalled and transferred to the Führerreserve . His zV position was finally canceled on June 30, 1944 and Glaser retired.

Fonts

  • with Zdislaus von Juchnowicz-Hordynski: Military medicine and medical war science. Vienna 1913.
  • About the action of hydrogen cyanide on methylol methyl acetate aldehyde. Dissertation. University of Vienna 1903. In: monthly journals for chemistry. 25, 1904, pp. 46-54, doi : 10.1007 / BF01540191 .
  • with Siegmund Frisch: Contributions to the knowledge of the condensation products of acid amides with aldehydes and determination of the constitution of the rearrangement products of the benzometoxazones. Vienna 1927.
  • with Siegmund Frisch: For the detection of phosgene in chemical fire extinguishers. In: Journal for Applied Chemistry. 41, 1928, pp. 263-265 doi : 10.1002 / anie.19280411006 .
  • with F. Prinz: About the anti-bacterial effects of ferments. 1928.
  • with Robert Drobnik: Contributions to the knowledge of the active ingredients of garlic. Vienna 1939.
  • with Oskar Haempel: Predicting the gender of the developing human child in the womb. In: Archive for Development Mechanics of Organisms. Berlin 1942.

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  1. ↑ General Physicians of the Army
personal data
SURNAME Glaser, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physician and biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtenstadt , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1947
Place of death Vienna