Gustav Adolf Martini

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Gustav Adolf Martini , also GA Martini , (born July 13, 1916 in Marienhöhe , West Prussia ; † December 27, 2007 in Hamburg ) was a German physician .

Life

Gustav Adolf Martini studied medicine and in 1942 at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg with the work "Practical application of Aerion condenser chambers for X-ray dose measurement" to Dr. med. PhD . During his studies he became a member of AMV Stochdorphia Tübingen in 1937 .

In 1945 he became an assistant doctor in the Medical University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf with Hans Heinrich Berg , who had a lasting impact on Martini for his understanding of clinical medicine, analytical thinking and scientific work. He also received his habilitation in Hamburg in 1953.

A study visit to Hammersmith Hospital London with Sheila Sherlock cemented Martini's interest in scientific hepatology. Until 1963 he worked as a senior physician in the Hamburg clinic.

In 1963 Martini was appointed to the chair for internal medicine and director of the medical clinic at the Philipps University of Marburg . At the Marburg Clinic, which he headed until his retirement in 1981, a distinctive gastroenterological and hepatological focus was created.

Martini's students include Wolfgang Dölle , Georg Strohmeyer (as senior physician at the Medical Clinic at the University of Marburg), Ernst-Otto Riecken and Harald Goebell , who have been running independent gastroenterology and hepatology clinics in Tübingen, Düsseldorf, Berlin and Essen since the 1970s. Martini was a facilitator of the hepatological science community. In 1966 he founded the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) in Marburg.

Martini's main focus was hepatology. At an early stage he dealt with questions of acute and chronic hepatitis and their nosological classification. The pathophysiology and metabolism of liver cirrhosis were at the center of his interest .

In London he worked on the colonization of bacteria in the intestine in chronic liver diseases in connection with portosystemic encephalopathy . In the 1960s he established articles in “Der Internist” in the annual December issues with the title “What is secured in the diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases”, in which procedures were critically questioned. In 1967 he had to solve the problem of an initially unexplained, often fatal viral disease medically and organizationally in the Marburg clinic. The genesis of this disease (Marburg Virus Disease) was clarified together with virologists and hygienists.

Together with the Marburg researchers Werner Slenczka and Rudolf Siegert , the hitherto unknown virus, which was later named " Marburg virus ", was isolated.

He was an honorary member of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGM) and board member of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) and from 1979 to 1980 chairman of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors . In 1987 he was awarded the Lucie Bolte Prize .

See also

Fonts

  • The so-called hepatorenal syndrome , in: Herbert Schwiegk (Ed.): Kidney diseases , in: Handbook of internal medicine , 5th edition, 8th volume, 3rd part, Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1968, p. 351 -378.
  • Current problems in hepatology: ultrastructure, steroid metabolism, blood flow, liver, etc. Niere , Thieme, Stuttgart 1962
  • with Ernst Hafter: Liver and Pancreas Enzymology , Karger, 1961
  • with R. Siegert: Marburg virus disease , Springer Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1971, ISBN 3-540-05199-6
  • with Ch.Bode: Metabolic changes induced by alcohol , Springer Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1971, ISBN 3-540-05296-8

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  1. ↑ 100 years of Stochdorphia Tübingen. 1857-1957. 1957, p. 108.
  2. ↑ "Leading scientists from all over the world will exchange their experiences on the dangerous filoviruses in Marburg from October 1st to 4th, 2000" , Philipps University of Marburg , September 14th, 2000
personal data
SURNAME Martini, Gustav Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martini, GA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Marienhöhe , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2007
Place of death Hamburg