Ferdinand Straßmann
Ferdinand Straßmann , also Ferdinand Strassmann (born February 24, 1838 in Rawitsch , Posen ; † April 19, 1931 in Berlin ) was a doctor from the Jewish Strassmann family, who produced eight doctors by 1913, including such well-known gynecologists as Paul Straßmann and the forensic doctor Fritz Straßmann .
Life
Ferdinand Straßmann attended grammar school in Lissa from 1851 to 1855 . He then followed his brothers to Berlin to study medicine. As a doctor he had to do with fighting a cholera epidemic from 1863 and was then entrusted with the management of a barrack hospital during the Franco-German War . He later had a practice in Berlin. Together with his brother, the physician Heinrich Straßmann (1834–1905), he published the then well-known specialist journal “Graevelsche Notes for General Practitioners”.
In 1884, Straßmann followed his brother Wolfgang into city politics, initially in the debt deputation and from 1889 as an unpaid city councilor for medicine. As an expert in health matters, he quickly made himself indispensable in the magistrate and finally gave up his own practice, although he received no payment for his work until 1911. As a health politician, he promoted the disinfection system , the medical system and the construction of new hospitals and mental institutions .
Ferdinand Straßmann headed the health service of the city of Berlin for 30 years as a city medical advisor . For his social commitment, the Berlin local authorities awarded him on 17./18. December 1915 honorary citizenship . His grave of honor is in the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery .
literature
- Wolfgang Paul Strassmann : The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Campus, Frankfurt / New York 2006, ISBN 3-593-38034-X .
- Rolf Winau : The Straßmann family. In: Jutta Lange-Quassowski, Volkmar Schneider : An important dynasty of doctors: The Strassmanns. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942271-70-7 , pp. 13-26.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Straßmann, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strassmann, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and City Medical Councilor of Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rawitsch , Poznan |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1931 |
| Place of death | Berlin |