Hans Hirschfeld

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Hans Hirschfeld (born March 20, 1873 in Berlin ; † August 26, 1944 in Theresienstadt ) was a German hematologist and editor of the first edition of the "Handbook of General Hematology".

Life

Hirschfeld came from a Berlin merchant family. After attending the Lessing Gymnasium , he studied medicine at the Friedrich Wilhelm University from 1891 to 1897 , did his doctorate at the Pathological Institute there and began his internship at the Moabit Hospital in Berlin. From 1910 he took over patient care at the cancer institute of the Berlin Charité . In 1919 Hirschfeld completed his habilitation with a thesis on pernicious anemia and in 1922 was appointed professor.

After the law to restore the civil service came into force in April 1933, he was given leave of absence with immediate effect in May 1933. He lost his license to teach and in September 1938 also his appointment as a doctor. The National Socialists deported the Hirschfeld couple to the Theresienstadt concentration camp on October 30, 1942 . Her two daughters managed to emigrate in time. Hans Hirschfeld died on August 26, 1944 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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Early on, Hirschfeld was interested in blood diseases. His approx. 160 publications dealt with histological and haematological questions, especially with the pathology of the spleen . Another focus, together with Artur Pappenheim , was the microscopic differentiation of blood cells. At an early stage he became involved in the Berlin Hematological Society founded in 1908, the predecessor of the German Society for Hematology and Oncology (DGHO). Hans Hirschfeld was one of the internationally renowned hematologists of his time. A major achievement was the first publication of the four-volume “Handbuch der Allgemeine Hematologie” in 1932, together with Anton Hittmair. He was also the editor of several hematological journals, including the "Folia haematologica". As an employee and specialist in blood diseases, he was also involved in the lexicon of the entire therapy .

After-effects and reception

The “Handbook of General Hematology” founded by Hirschfeld and Hittmair remained an indispensable standard work in the German-speaking world until the 1970s. The journal “Folia haematologica”, largely influenced by Hirschfeld, was continued until 1990 by the Leipzig Academic Publishing Company. From 1956 to 1964, the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main distributed a competing magazine under the name “Folia haematologica. New episode. ”Contrary to academic practice, Ludwig Heilmeyer and Viktor Schilling, as editors of the textbooks and magazines in the GDR and the Federal Republic of Hirschfeld, kept silent as historical editors and thus appropriated Hirschfeld's intellectual property.

While Hirschfeld and his achievements were almost forgotten, Heilmeyer and Schilling obtained academic degrees and offices at the universities of Freiburg and Rostock . It was not until 2011 that Hirschfeld's name was honored again: a stumbling block was laid in his memory in Charlottenburger Droysenstrasse in Berlin .

Fonts

  • with W. Alexander: A previously unobserved finding in a case of acute (myeloid?) leukemia. In: Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift . 39, 1902, pp. 231-235.
  • About atypical myeloid overgrowth. In: Folia Haematologica. 2, 1905, pp. 665-670.
  • About leukanemia. In: Folia Haematologica. 3, 1906, pp. 332-339.
  • with A. Buschke: About leuco-sarcomatosis cutis. In: Folia Haematologica. 12, 1911, pp. 73-98.
  • with A. Weinert: Clinical and experimental studies on the influence of the spleen on the erythroplastic activity of the bone marrow. In: Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift. 61, 1914, pp. 1026-1028.

literature

  • P. Chevallier: Le professeur Hans Hirschfeld. In: Sang. 3, 1929, pp. 51-52.
  • A. Hittmair: In memoriam Dr. Hans Hirschfeld. In: Blood. 3, 1948, p. 821.
  • P. Voswinckel: In memoriam Hans Hirschfeld (1873-1944). In: Folia Haematologica. Leipzig 114, 1987, pp. 707-736.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Marle (Ed.): Lexicon of the entire therapy with diagnostic information. 2 volumes, 4th revised edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1935 ( list of employees ).
  2. ^ US National Library of Medicine: Folia haematologica (Leipzig, Germany: 1928). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ US National Library of Medicine: Folia haematologica. International magazine for blood research. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ Wolfram Fischer (Ed.): Exodus of Sciences from Berlin . de Gruyter, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-11-013945-6 , p. 565 (digitized version)
  5. ^ German Society for Hematology and Oncology eV: March 16, 2011: Stumbling block for the Berlin doctor Prof. Hans Hirschfeld. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Hirschfeld, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hematologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1944
Place of death Theresienstadt