Gustav Paul

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Gustav Paul (born February 13, 1859 in Proßnitz , † October 24, 1935 in Vienna ) was a Czech immunologist and serotherapist. According to him, which is Paulsche attempt , even Paulsche sample , a classic means of diagnosing real pox , named.

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Paul studied medicine at the German University in Prague . After receiving his doctorate in 1883, he worked from 1884 to 1888 as Josef von Maschka's first assistant at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Prague . He then worked as a medical officer in the district authorities Karolinenthal , Horowitz and Aussig . In addition to this, he dealt with immunology , which was created at the time. In basic serological research, he was particularly concerned with the prevention of smallpox .

Because of his success, Paul became director of the "State Institute for Vaccine Production" in Vienna in 1895. He played a major role in the planning for a new building, which was opened in 1911 as the "Federal Vaccine Production Facility". Paul worked there until he retired in 1925. During the First World War , the institution produced 35.3 million individual servings of a smallpox vaccine for the entire Austro-Hungarian army and the population. The employees of the state vaccine production facility not only dealt with prophylaxis , but also developed the first useful method for the early diagnosis of smallpox. This is how the “Paulsche Probe” was created to differentiate real smallpox viruses from chickenpox viruses, with which a (real) smallpox disease could be diagnosed on a large scale from 1915. This procedure, practiced on the cornea of ​​rabbits, was significant until the disease was eradicated in 1980.

Paul also dealt with the rheumatic disease . In 1925 he invented a new therapeutic method with the "Cutivaccine Paul". At the military medical application school of the Josephinum , he taught vaccination technology and gave instruction courses for medical officers. He also lectured at the Vienna Teacher Training Institute.

Honors

Paul was appointed councilor in 1919. He acted as chairman of the Austrian Medical Association and was a member of the State Medical Council.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gabriela Schmidt:  Paul, Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 114 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Gabriela Schmidt:  Paul, Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 114 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Gabriela Schmidt:  Paul, Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 114 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ Gabriela Schmidt:  Paul, Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 114 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Wiener Medizin Blätter 1905, p. 690
  6. ↑ Wiener Medical Wochenschrift 1918, p. 125
  7. ^ Ordinance sheet of the KK Ministry of the Interior 1918, p. 239
personal data
SURNAME Paul, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech immunologist and serotherapist
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Proßnitz
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1935
Place of death Vienna