Heinrich Hetsch
Heinrich Hetsch (born July 2, 1873 in Mainz , † December 3, 1947 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) was a German medical officer (general senior physician ) and bacteriologist .
Life
Hetsch studied at the Pépinière (Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for military medical education) in Berlin. In 1891 he became a member of the Pépinière-Corps Franconia. There he passed his state examination and doctorate in 1895, and in 1897 he received his license to practice medicine. From 1909 to 1912 and again from 1914 to 1919 he was a consultant for hygiene and epidemic control at the War Ministry in Berlin. In 1912 he became a senior staff doctor. From August 1913 he was head of the hygienic-bacteriological examination center at the medical office of the X Army Corps in Hanover , and from 1913 to 1919 private lecturer for bacteriology, serology and disease studies at the TH Hanover . In 1919 he was retired as senior physician. For more than 25 years, from 1920 to 1945, Hetsch was a scientific member of the Paul Ehrlich Institute .
His book “Experimental Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases”, which he published together with Wilhelm Kolle in 1906, was considered one of the most important standard works in microbiology until the end of the Second World War . As senior physician a. D. and member of the State Institute for Experimental Therapy in Frankfurt am Main, he also worked on the lexicon of all therapy . In 1943 he received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science .
The lawyer, art historian and Nazi cultural functionary Rolf Hetsch (1903-1946) was his son.
Fonts
- with Wilhelm Kolle: The experimental bacteriology and the infectious diseases with special consideration of the immunity theory. A textbook for student doctors and medical officials . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin 1906. From the 3rd edition (1911) in 2 volumes. From the 8th edition (1938) looked after by Hans Schlossberger .
literature
- Manfred Stürzbecher: Hetsch, Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 29 ( digitized version ).
- TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Profesorum. The teaching staff of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1956 , Hanover 1956, pp. 63–64.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Hetsch in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 60 , 301 (occupation and last rank according to KCL: Professor and Gen. O. Doctor a. D.)
- ↑ Walter Marle (Ed.): Lexicon of the entire therapy with diagnostic information. 2 volumes, 4th revised edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1935 ( list of employees ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hetsch, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and bacteriologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1947 |
| Place of death | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |