Hans Schaefer (doctor)

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Hans Schaefer (born August 13, 1906 in Düsseldorf , † November 22, 2000 in Heidelberg ) was a German physician . He worked as a physiologist and social medicine specialist.

Life

After graduating from high school, Hans Schaefer studied medicine in Munich , Königsberg , Düsseldorf and Bonn from 1925 to 1930 . During his studies he became a member of the AGV Munich . In 1930 he received his doctorate as Dr. med. at the University of Bonn , where he then worked at the physiological institute for nine years.

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he became a member of the NSDAP and the Sanitäts- SA in May 1933 . In the same year he completed his habilitation in physiology . In 1940 he became an adjunct professor and head of the department for experimental pathology and therapy at the Kerckhoff Institute in Bad Nauheim . In this role he was involved in secret research on circulation and breathing in the event of detonation death and human experiments on altitude stability. He was also involved in aviation research in investigations into the electrical side effects of anoxemia (lack of oxygen in the blood) . In 1941 he became associate professor and director of the Kerckhoff Institute for Circulatory Research in Bad Nauheim, which he remained until 1949. In 1944 he also became a consulting physiologist at the Navy High Command . The medic Paul Schölmerich was one of Schaefer's students .

After a year of teaching as full professor of physiology at the medical faculty of the University of Giessen , he was appointed to the chair of physiology at the University of Heidelberg in 1950 and was appointed director of this institute in the same year. From 1953 until his death, Hans Schaefer was a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In 1954 he helped found the new Lions club in that city. Together with the Lions Club and the German Paulus Society , he initiated the conversation between science and theology.

Hans Schaefer performed numerous functions. From 1958 to 1988 he was a member of the board of trustees of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, and from 1961 he founded and headed the Institute for Social Medicine at Heidelberg University. From 1962 to 1974 he was the founder and president of the German Society for Social Medicine and was President of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention for 10 years from 1965 to 1975. In addition, Hans Schaefer was a member of the Federal Health Council for 30 years until his death . In 1974 he retired, but he continued to make his knowledge available, be it from 1977 to 1984 as President of the German League for Children, as scientific director and co-author at the Funkkolleg Environment and Health or as an honorary member of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention. In 1986 his autobiography was published under the title Findings and Confessions of a Scientist .

He has received numerous awards for his engagement, including

Hans Schaefer also became the editor of the Physiological Review and a member of the German National Academic Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Hans Schaefer died on November 22nd, 2000. He published a total of 33 books and was the author of over 1,000 publications.

Publications (selection)

  • Medicine today: theory, research, teaching , Munich: Piper 1963
  • (with Maria Blohmke): Social medicine: Introduction to the results and Problems d. Medicine-sociology and social medicine; with key to the object catalog , 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Thieme 1978, ISBN 3-13-473802-3
  • Plea for a new medicine , Munich, Zurich: Piper 1979, ISBN 3-492-02490-4 , 2nd edition Munich: Piper 1981, ISBN 3-492-00525-X , (Piper series; 225)
  • Medical ethics , Heidelberg: Verlag für Medizin Fischer 1983, ISBN 3-88463-026-1 .
  • Building bridges: to understand between conventional medicine and extracurricular methods , Heidelberg: Verlag für Medizin Fischer 1983, ISBN 3-88463-035-0 .
  • About the effect of electric fields on humans: presented in d. Meeting on June 26, 1982 , Berlin; Heidelberg; New York ; Tokyo: Springer 1983, ISBN 3-540-12655-4 , session reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class; Born 1983, Dep. 3
  • The principle of psychosomatic medicine , Heidelberg: Verlag für Medizin Fischer 1990, ISBN 3-88463-128-4 .
  • Do magnetic fields endanger health? : With 19 tables , Berlin; Heidelberg; New York ; London; Paris; Tokyo; Hong Kong; Barcelona; Budapest: Springer 1991, ISBN 3-540-54284-1 , session reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class; Born 1991, Dep. 4
  • Models in medicine: presented at the meeting on November 30, 1991 / Hans Schaefer. With a historical introduction by Dietrich von Engelhardt , Springer 1992, ISBN 3-540-55153-0 , series of session reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class; Born in 1992, Dep. 1
  • Does electrosmog endanger health? : [Expert opinion] , With a "Statement by the Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg" / Hans Mohr. Published by the Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg, 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Academy for Technology Assessment 1995, ISBN 3-930241-46-3 .
  • God in the Cosmos and in Man: Thoughts of a Natural Scientist , Graz; Vienna; Cologne: Styria 2000, ISBN 3-7867-8360-8 , Topos-plus pocket books; Vol. 360

Festschriften and autobiography

  • Heinrich Schipperges (Ed.): A true researcher never gets old: Hans Schaefer on his 80th birthday , Heidelberg: Verlag für Medizin Fischer 1986, ISBN 3-88463-087-3 .
  • German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (Ed.): Aspects and Perspectives of Social Medicine: Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Hans Schaefer, dedicated to the founder of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention on the occasion of his 90th birthday , Stuttgart; New York: Thieme 1996, Healthcare; Vol. 58, special edition 3.
  • Findings and confessions of a scientist , Heidelberg: Verlag für Medizin Fischer 1986, ISBN 3-88463-085-7 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, second updated edition, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 523.
  2. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book and Vademecum. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1959, p. 105.
  3. ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Fischer Taschenbuch 2005, p. 524.
  4. ^ Membership Directory , published by Lions International All District 111, as of June 1, 1976
  5. ^ Member entry by Hans Schaefer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 28, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Schaefer, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and co-founder of the Max Planck Society
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 2000
Place of death Heidelberg