Fritz Straßmann (physician)

Fritz Wolfgang Samuel Straßmann , also Strassmann (born August 27, 1858 in Berlin ; † January 30, 1940 there ) was a German forensic doctor .

Life

Straßmann came from a well-known Jewish family of doctors in Berlin. He was the son of the physician Samuel Straßmann (1826–1879). One of his sisters, Gertrud Straßmann (1859–1916), had been married to the internist Albert Fraenkel since 1881 . His father's siblings included Wolfgang Straßmann , the founder of the German Association for Poor Care, Heinrich Straßmann (1834–1905), Royal Medical Councilor (and father of Paul Straßmann ), and the Berlin City Medical Councilor Ferdinand Straßmann .

Straßmann attended the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Berlin and then studied medicine in Heidelberg , Leipzig and Berlin . During his studies in 1876 he became a member of the Normannia Leipzig fraternity . In 1879 he passed his state examination in Berlin and received his doctorate on October 11, 1879 on the subject of prefibril urea excretion . From 1881 to 1883 he was assistant to Hermann Nothnagel at the Medical Clinic of the University of Jena , then from 1883/84 to assistant to Julius Cohnheim and Carl Weigert at the Pathological Institute of the University of Leipzig. From 1884 to 1890 he assisted Carl Liman at the practical training institute for state medicine in Berlin.

On May 18, 1889, Straßmann completed his habilitation in state medicine (with Rudolf Virchow and Ernst von Leyden ). At the end of 1891, as the successor to the late Carl Liman, he was appointed acting head of the Berlin Institute for Forensic Medicine , then in 1894 regular director of this institute, as well as director of the practical training institute for state medicine and associate professor. In 1895 he was accepted into the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1921 he was given a full professorship in forensic medicine, and on October 1, 1926, he retired. His interim successor as director of the Institute for Forensic Medicine was Paul Fraenckel .

In 1904, Straßmann was the founder of the Berlin Forensic Medicine Association and co-founder of the German Society for Forensic Medicine . His most important publications include the textbook der gerichtlichen Medicin published in 1895 (2nd edition 1931) and the anthology medicine and criminal law (1911).

Straßmann was married to Rose Borchardt (1866–1934), a daughter of the city councilor Gustav Borchardt, since 1887. Among the three sons were the forensic doctor Georg Straßmann (1890–1972), professor in Breslau , and the mathematician Reinhold Straßmann (1893–1944), who was murdered in Auschwitz . Fritz Straßmann's grave is located in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

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 .
  • English version: The Strassmanns: Science, Politics, and Migration in Turbulent Times, 1793–1993 . Berghahn Books, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-84545-416-6 .
• Jutta Lange-Quassowski, Volkmar Schneider: An important dynasty of doctors. The Strassmanns , Hentrich & Hentrich-Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942271-70-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Directory of the old men of the German fraternity. Überlingen am Bodensee 1920, p. 181.
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Straßmann in the catalog of the German National Library