Franz Bolck

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Franz Bolck (born September 15, 1918 in Berlin , † November 22, 2000 in Jena ) was a German pathologist . He taught at the universities of Leipzig and Jena , of which he was rector.

Life

Franz Bolck studied medicine at the universities of Berlin and Leipzig since 1939. In 1944 he finished his studies in Leipzig with the promotion of Doctor of Medicine. The dissertation was called Blood Volume and Fever . In 1946 he took up a position at the local university institute for pathology.

The University habilitated bolck in 1950 for medicine based on his book The endotheliomata. Morphology and Oncology . From the next year he worked at the university as senior assistant. The Faculty of Medicine hired him as a professor of pathology in 1952, and he also became a prosector . Since 1954 he held the post of professor with teaching position for pathology, in the next year he received the full teaching position.

In 1955, Bolck was appointed to the University of Jena . There he officiated as a professor with a chair for general pathology and special pathological anatomy and as director of the local institute for pathology. In the period from 1959 to 1961 he also worked as dean of the medical faculty. The university appointed him as its prorector in 1961 , and in 1968 he was promoted to rector of the alma mater . In 1978 the university made him an honorary doctorate .

Bolck remained in this position until 1983, the next year he gave up the professorship. However, he did not leave the university, but founded the Synoptics Department of Clinical Pathology , built it up and headed it for the next few years. In 2000 he died in Jena at the age of 82.

Bolck was a member of the following societies:

  • the German Society for Pathology ,
  • the European Society of Pathology ,
  • the Federation of European Societies for Cytology ,
  • the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors ,
  • of the Society for Pathology of the GDR , of which he was chairman from 1967 to 1971.

Act

On November 2, 1970, Bolck and forensic doctor Gerhard Hansen examined Goethe's corpse over a period of two hours . The result was a document that was unknown for a long time. The two physicians describe their observations as "a very unpleasant sight" as the corpse was infected with putrefaction. In the document they described how this process of decomposition was possible.

Works

  • Liver and biliary tract (Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1978)
Editorships
  • with Herbert Schickedanz: Gastroenterology, Fertility Development and Traumatology of Childhood (Jena 1976)
  • Contributions to experimental social psychology (Jena 1982)
  • Abstracts of invited lectures, short communications, and posters (Jena 1996)
  • International Döbereiner Colloquium. On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner from May 20-22, 1980 in Jena (Jena 1981)

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SURNAME Bolck, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 2000
Place of death Jena