Hellmuth Kleinsorge

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Hellmuth Kleinsorge (born April 12, 1920 in Beuel ; † July 7, 2001 ) was a German physician.

Life

Kleinsorge was appointed director of the Medical Polyclinic in Jena in 1953 after completing his habilitation . From 1958 to 1960 he was Dean of the Medical Faculty in Jena. In 1953 he demonstrated the blood sugar lowering effect of the sulfonylurea carbutamide for the first time . In 1958 he discovered the antiarrhythmic effect of Ajmalins .

Because of the refusal to approve the building of the wall, he left Jena in 1962 and became medical director of the Schwerin district hospital . In 1968 he fled to the Federal Republic of Germany. There he became head of research at Knoll AG , later BASF, and received a professorship at the Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim at Heidelberg University.

From 1981 to 1987 he was the managing director of the Medical-Pharmaceutical Study Society and scientific advisor to the Paul Martini Foundation. From 1987 to 1992 he was one of the editors of the Neue Ärztliche , a daily newspaper for doctors from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

In addition, from 1986 to 1997 he was a member of the approval committee A of the Federal Health Office and, after its dissolution and restructuring of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, as a member or as deputy chairman.

Until his death, Hellmuth Kleinsorge worked as a consultant for scientific publishers, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies.

Prizes and awards

  • 1963: Purkinje Medal of the Czechoslovak Purkinje Society, Prague
  • 1980: Ernst von Bergmann badge
  • 1983: Honorary reflex hammer of the Marburger Bund
  • 1987: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
  • 1989: Von Mering and Minkowski Medal of the German Diabetes Society
  • 1990: Medal of Honor of the Professional Association of Clinical Pharmacologists

Publications (selection)

  • with G. Klumbies: Psychotherapy in a university's medical polyclinic. In: Medical newsreel. 5 (35), Sep 8, 1950, pp. 665-668.
  • Decrease of blood sugar under the effect of sulfonamides. In: Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena). 50 (10), May 15, 1956, pp. 407-411.
  • Sulfonamide treatment of diabetes mellitus. In: Med Klin (Munich). 51 (29), Jul 20, 1956, pp. 1222-1224.
  • Comparative studies of the inotropic cardiac effects of ajmaline and procainamide. In: Clinical weekly . 38 (6), 1960, pp. 290-291.
  • with Gerhard Klumbies : Technique of hypnosis for doctors. Fischer Verlag, Jena 1962.
  • The use of the drugs in man for the first time - The inescapable conditions and the problems. In: Med Klin. 71 (26), Jun 25, 1976, pp. 1093-1108.
  • Hypnosis - methodology and indication. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1986.
  • Self-relaxation and targeted organ training: training booklet for autogenic training. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1974.
  • Hypnosis and relaxation technics. In: Z Psychosom Med Psychoanal. 36 (2), 1990, pp. 132-137, Review.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ H. Kleinsorge: On the Discovery of the First Oral Antidiabetic Carbutamide - A Personal Review. In: Clinic Doctor . 24, 6, 1995, pp. 305-308. (English: Carbutamide - the first oral antidiabetic. A retrospect. In: Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes . 106 (2), 1998, pp. 149-151)
  2. ↑ paul-martini-stiftung.de

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personal data
SURNAME Kleinsorge, Hellmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Bump
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 2001