Hans Schmidt (doctor)

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Hans Schmidt at a young age, photo by Constantin Luck

Hans Schmidt (actually Paul Hans Karl Constantin Schmidt , born August 31, 1882 in Düsseldorf , † March 1, 1975 in Wabern near Bern ) was a German bacteriologist and immunologist .

Life

Schmidt's parents were the import merchant Ernst Schmidt (1831-1891) and Paula Schmidt, née Schlieper (* 1853). Hans Schmidt had five siblings. After graduating from high school in Düsseldorf in 1903, he studied mathematics , natural sciences and medicine in Geneva, Bonn and Freiburg im Breisgau. He passed the medical state examination in 1909 and was awarded a doctorate by Walther Straub in 1910 with a thesis on the physiology of phosphorus oils. med. PhD . Schmidt worked as a medical assistant in the pathology department of the municipal hospital in Karlsruhe and then as a ship's doctor for a year . From 1912 he worked on bacteriology and serology at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in London , where he also obtained his British license to practice medicine . From 1914 he worked at the German Hospital in London. After brief internment, Schmidt left England in 1917 and came to the bacteriological institute of the Düsseldorf Municipal Hospital (today Düsseldorf University Hospital ). In 1919 he became an assistant doctor to Hans Much at the bacteriological-serological institute of the Hamburg-Eppendorf Clinic (today the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Center ). In 1922 Schmidt completed his habilitation in the subject of hygiene . In 1923 he went to the Behringwerke in Marburg as scientific director for the production of serums and vaccines , where he headed the research institute for experimental therapy there between 1928 and 1952. Richard Haas , who later headed the Behring Institute for typhus research in German-occupied Lemberg, worked for Schmidt in 1937/38. From 1952 to 1967 Schmidt was a member of the supervisory board of the Behringwerke. In 1928 Schmidt received his habilitation at the University of Marburg . From 1929 he was an adjunct professor in Marburg and gave lectures on the basics of hygiene and serum therapy . In 1941 he became an honorary professor .

At the time of National Socialism he was a supporting member of the SS and belonged to the NS teachers' association and the NSKK . During the Second World War , Schmidt was an advisory hygienist for the Army Sanitary Inspector .

After the war, Schmidt was able to continue working as a lecturer, as he was certified to have rejected the Nazi regime. He initially took over the management of the Hygiene Institute on a substitute basis before he was appointed full professor in 1949. 1950 emeritus , he led the Institute provisionally for one year on.

Schmidt married Ilse Schleicher (* 1887) in 1912 . The couple had two daughters.

Act

Schmidt's work on the theoretical foundations of immunology and the practical questions of preventive medicine were groundbreaking for immunological research at the time. His experimental work improved the active immunization ( vaccination ) and the therapy of infectious diseases with healing serums . Schmidt further developed the vaccine against diphtheria introduced by Emil von Behring in 1913 , improved therapy and prophylaxis of tetanus and vaccination with combined vaccines.

For decades, Schmidt dealt with the pathogenesis and immunity of infectious diseases and the relationship between immunity and allergy , with anaphylaxis and serum sickness . His books on serology, specific therapy and prophylaxis were considered standard works at the time . Schmidt was editor of advances in immunity research and from 1957 to 1975 co-editor of the journal for immunity research .

Fonts

  • Immunity, serum therapy, etc. Vaccination for diphtheria. In: W. Kolle, R. Krauss u. Paul Uhlenhuth (ed.): Handbook of pathogenic microorganisms. 1928 (with Erich Wernicke )
  • The practice of evaluating toxins and antitoxins. 1931
  • Basic information on the pathogenesis and immunity in infectious diseases. In: M. Gundel (ed.): The infectious diseases. 1935, 2nd edition 1942
  • The basics of specific therapy and prophylaxis of bacterial infectious diseases. 1940
  • Advances in serology. 1933, 2nd edition 1955
  • Pathogenesis, therapy and prophylaxis of tetanus. 1952

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literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Werther: Typhus research in the German Reich 1914–1945. Studies on the relationship between science, industry and politics with special consideration of IG Farben. Inaugural dissertation at the Philipps University of Marburg. Wiesbaden 2004, p. 171.
  2. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 545
  3. ^ Emil von Behring Prize of the Philipps University of Marburg (uni-marburg.de); Retrieved March 28, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Paul Hans Karl Constantin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bacteriologist and immunologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1975
Place of death Wabern near Bern