Friedrich Franz Friedmann

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Friedrich Franz Friedmann (1932)

Friedrich Franz Friedmann (born October 26, 1876 in Berlin , † February 19, 1953 in Monte Carlo ) was a German physician and a pioneer of tuberculosis research .

He grew up the son of a Jewish family, but converted to Christianity. He studied medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin .

In 1902 Friedmann made his first discoveries in the field of tuberculosis research, including pulmonary tuberculosis in cold-blooded animals and the pure breeding of turtle tuberculosis bacilli.

In 1912 he introduced his tuberculosis vaccination for orphans, whereupon he was accused in the Berliner Vorwärts that he had tried an untested vaccination on numerous orphans on his own without having obtained the approval of the responsible department heads and without guaranteeing the necessary health checks of the vaccinated children to be able to. See human experiments .

The effectiveness of his vaccination remained highly controversial during the Weimar Republic. Even during the time of National Socialism, he and his therapy were z. Partly attacked violently; a lawsuit that was supposed to deprive him of the title of professor was rejected in 1937, as he was certified to have acted unselfishly and only to promote his ideas, although his harsh tone in scientific disputes was not to be approved. Nevertheless, he left Germany and continued to work in Monte Carlo. His memories, which appeared a few years before his death ("Why still tuberculosis, who is to blame?"), Show him, according to Werner, as an "unhappy person who sacrificed his parents' fortune and his peace of mind to his idea of ​​developing a serum against tuberculosis . "

Publications

  • Immunization against tuberculosis. In: German medical weekly; No. 45, 1903; Pp. 953-954.
  • Why still tuberculosis? Who is to blame Haag-Amper 1952.

literature

  • Alexander Freiherr zu Seld: Documents on Friedmann's fight against tuberculosis at the same time a reply to Kneipp's book. Self-published by Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel in 1935.
  • Petra Werner : The healer. Tuberculosis researcher Friedrich F. Friedmann Munich / Berlin, Koehler & Amelang, 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Petra Werner: The healer. Tuberculosis researcher Friedrich F. Friedmann Munich / Berlin, Koehler & Amelang, 2002, p. 257.
  2. ↑ Petra Werner: The healer. Tuberculosis researcher Friedrich F. Friedmann Munich / Berlin, Koehler & Amelang, 2002, p. 258.
  3. ↑ Petra Werner: The healer. Tuberculosis researcher Friedrich F. Friedmann Munich / Berlin, Koehler & Amelang, 2002, p. 273.
personal data
SURNAME Friedmann, Franz Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, pioneer of tuberculosis research
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1953
Place of death Monte Carlo