Georg Sobernheim

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Georg Sobernheim (born June 8, 1865 in Charlottenburg near Berlin ; † February 28, 1963 in Grindelwald , Switzerland ) was a German physician who dealt with bacteriology , infectious diseases and the associated vaccinations .

Life stations

Born as the son of Berlin's eldest businessman , he graduated from Friedrichs-Gymnasium Berlin in 1883 . He then studied natural sciences ( mathematics and chemistry ) at the University of Leipzig and, from SS 1884, medicine at the University of Berlin . There he followed his father into the Normannia country team . He was in 1891 with a thesis on at the University of Berlin pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis Dr. med. PhD.

After completing his doctorate, Sobernheim volunteered with Robert Koch . In 1892 he became an assistant at the hygienic institute of the University of Marburg under Carl Fraenkel . In 1895 he moved to the University of Halle in the same position . There he received his habilitation in 1897 with a thesis on anthrax immunity and was appointed professor in 1902. In 1907 he found employment in Berlin as head of department at the municipal investigation office for hygienic and commercial purposes.

During the First World War , Sobernheim took an active role in the field hospital III of the III from autumn 1914 . AK part. After being awarded EK II and promoted to staff physician dR in April 1915, he was employed as a doctor in garrison hospital I in Berlin.

In April 1918, Sobernheim accepted a call to the hygienic institute of the University of Bern , which in 1922 appointed him full professor and later full professor of hygiene and bacteriology . After his retirement in 1931/32 he lived as a private lecturer in Grindelwald.

Research activities

Sobernheim dealt mainly with infectious diseases. In addition to cholera , smallpox , syphilis and tuberculosis , he carried out experimental work on immunity and prophylaxis of anthrax as well as the variability of microorganisms . He recorded recognized scientific monographs on immunity, anthrax, rinderpest , spirochetes and vaccinations.

The vaccination against anthrax he developed was tested by the Chamber of Agriculture in a series of tests and finally put into production by Merck KGaA . In 1903 he was given leave to oversee the introduction of the vaccination process in Argentina. In Berlin he later dealt with practical problems of disinfection.

Publications

  • On the relationship between pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis , Berlin: Buchdr. v. G. Schade, 1891.
  • Experimental studies on the question of active and passive anthrax immunity , Halle a. S.: Kaemmerer, 1897.
  • Guide for disinfectors , Halle (Saale): C. Marhold, 1907, 5th edition 1927.
  • About book disinfection , Berlin: Verl. F. People's Welfare, 1910.
  • Handbook of General Pathology , L. Krehl. - Leipzig: Hirzel, 1908 - further partial editions 1912, 1913, 1915, 1921.
  • On tuberculosis, its development and prevention , Bern: Francke, 1920.
  • Smallpox and the fight against smallpox , Bern: E. Bircher, 1921.
  • Anthrax , In: Handbook of biological working methods. Dept. XIII, Methods of Experimental Therapy and Immunity Research, Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1922–1933, pp. 471–486.
  • General information on spirochetes , poultry spirochetes , syphilis spirochetes (Spirochasta pallida s. Treponema pallidum Schaudinn) , In: Handbuch der Pathogene Mikroorganismen , Aufl. 3, Vol. 7-1, Jena: Fischer, 1927-1931.
  • Alcohol as a disinfectant , Basel: Schwabe, 1943, 2nd supplementary edition 1947.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Goldschmidt, Paul: On the history of the Landsmannschaft Normannia Berlin 1842-1902 , Berlin, 1902, p. 100.
  2. ↑ Entry on Georg Sobernheim in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis (accessed on July 28, 2015)
  3. ^ Hallauer: Professor Dr. Georg Sobernheim (1865-1963) in memory , In: Pathologia et Microbiologia 1965, Vol. 28, No. 1, p. 235.
  4. ^ Burhop, Carsten: Pharmaceutical research in Wilhelmine Germany - The case of E. Merck , Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research of Collective Goods, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Sobernheim, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and microbiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1963
Place of death Grindelwald