Hans Eggenberger
Hans Eggenberger (born May 27, 1881 in Rorschach ; † August 12, 1946 in Wildhaus ; resident in Grabs ) was a Swiss goiter researcher .
Life
The son of a teacher attended schools in St. Gallen and Basel and studied medicine at the Universities of Basel and Leipzig from 1900 to 1906 . From 1909 to 1916 he and a colleague ran a doctor's practice in Herisau . From 1916 to 1940 he was chief physician at the Herisau District Hospital. In 1940 he opened a private practice for goiter patients. On August 12, 1946, he had an accident on the Wildhauser Schafberg .
Eggenberger recognized the iodine deficiency as the main cause of the development of a goiter. After Otto Bayard was able to prove in the municipalities of his practice area of the Nikolaital in 1918 by means of a correctly dosed admixture of iodine potassium to table salt , that the goiter and nodule formation, the enlargement of the thyroid gland and the developmental disorders can be successfully treated without undesirable impairments and damage, Eggenberger brought about In 1922 on the way of a popular initiative that iodized salt was distributed in Appenzell Ausserrhoden . After initial contradictions on the part of medicine and the Swiss Goiter Commission, iodine prophylaxis quickly established itself in Switzerland and Austria. Eggenberger's son-in-law Hans Jakob Wespi later supplemented this iodized salt with another additive, sodium fluoride, which was intended to contribute to caries prophylaxis through salt fluoridation .
Fonts (selection)
- The full salt (iodized table salt) for the prophylaxis of goiter and cretinism. In: Heinrich Hunziker : The prophylaxis of the large thyroid gland, at the same time a piece of comparative climatology in Switzerland and a guide for systematic scientific research. Birscher, Bern / Leipzig 1924.
literature
- Thomas Fuchs et al .: Herisau: History of the Herisau community. Appenzeller Verlag, Herisau 1999, p. 438 f.
- Thomas Fuchs: Eggenberger, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2004.
- Clara Nef : A Pioneer for Public Health: Memories of Dr. med. Hans Eggenberger. Schläpfer, Herisau [1981].
- Hans Jakob Wespi: Eggenberger, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 332 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Peter Eggenberger: A blessing for “Kropflis” , Tagblatt Online , August 9, 2012
- A well-deserved Herisau resident: Chief physician and goiter pioneer Hans Eggenberger , Zitig of the Herisau Old Age Care Foundation, issue 2 / May 2012
Single receipts
- ^ Thomas Fuchs: Eggenberger, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eggenberger, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss goiter researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rorschach |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1946 |
| Place of death | Wildhaus |