Ernst Altstaedt
Ernst Altstaedt (born February 17, 1885 in Siegburg , † December 23, 1953 in Lübeck ) was a German internist (specialist in internal medicine) and responsible for the Lübeck vaccination accident .
Life
Altstaedt completed his training in Hamm and at the Eppendorfer Hospital in Hamburg as a student of the tuberculosis researchers Brauer, Much and Deycke. In 1913 he went to Lübeck with Georg Deycke . There he became senior physician and head of the physical department in 1914. With great dedication and ambition, he tried to support tuberculosis care in Lübeck.
From 1928 he was a physicist and specialist in the health department in Lübeck under the head of Senator Fritz Mehrlein . After the Lübeck vaccination accident , he was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the Calmette trial , but was released after 7 months in prison. From 1934 to 1953 he was a freelance internist.
literature
- Henning von Beust, Heye Heyen (eds.): Calmette indictment in full / The indictment speeches from Lienau. According to shorthand records. Albrecht & Vorkamp, Lübeck 1932.
- Julius Moses: The Dance of Death from Lübeck . Dr. Madaus & Co. , Radebeul-Dresden 1930.
- Andreas Jens Reuland: Human experiments in the Weimar Republic Norderstedt . Books on Demand, 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1823-0 . Online version ( memento of January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of the relevant chapter
- Peter Guttkuhn: Dr. jur. Alfred Cantor (1899–1968): From lawyer and notary in Lübeck to agricultural worker pioneer in the Negev. In: Israel News. No. 11488. Tel Aviv, December 21, 2006, pp. 9-10.
- Friedrich von Rohden: From old Lübeck doctors. In: The car . 1960, pp. 96/98.
- Julius Edelhoff : The Calmette Process. In: The car. 1984, pp. 62-68.
Web links
- The Lübeck Trial. In: Can. Med. Assoc. J. 26 (3) 1932, p. 362 (March 1932). - Brief contemporary account of some expert statements made during the process
- The Lübeck vaccination disaster after BCG vaccination in 1930. ( Memento from January 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Chapter 4 from: Andreas Reuland: Menschenversuche in der Weimarer Republik . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1823-0 . )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altstaedt, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German internist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siegburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1953 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |