Herbert Jordan

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Herbert Jordan (born December 8, 1919 in Markneukirchen , † April 8, 1991 in Pulsnitz ) was a German internist and balneologist .

Life

From Easter 1933 Jordan attended the princely humanistic school in Grimma . He began studying medicine at the University of Leipzig in 1939, and later at the University of Halle , but was interrupted by military deployments in the medical service during World War II.

On October 20, 1942, he passed the preliminary medical examination with Emil Abderhalden , Wilhelm Kast, Arno Nagel, Gotthilft von Studnitz , Wilhelm Troll and Karl Ziegler in Halle . 1945 Jordan received the Notapprobation and was with the dissertation The xanthoprotein in rheumatoid arthritis: In consideration of disease reports the University Hospital in Halle / Saale and urban hospital auxiliary I to Halle / Saale doctorate .

Jordan completed his habilitation in 1960, worked as a specialist in internal diseases , was an associate professor and worked at the cardiological-balneological research center at the Bad Elster spa .

From 1960 to 1985 Jordan was head of the Institute for Balneology in Bad Elster. From 1974 he was a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

More than 300 scientific papers, at least 150 lectures at conferences, the organization of scientific conferences with participants from East and West, the publication of two specialist journals, the supervision of 40 doctoral students outline his activities. Jordan was convinced that "Quality ... is never a coincidence, but the result of far-sighted efforts". His work was characterized by high scientific standards and human warmth.

On the occasion of his 70th birthday, Prof. Dr. med. habil. Herbert Jordan honored as the "Nestor of a scientific spa therapy". The teaching position at the University of Leipzig and a professorship in Jena could not “lure him away” from his institute.

Looking back, experts consider Herbert Jordan to be one of the most important pioneers of holistic rehabilitation therapy .

The work of Jordan, together with the work of Paul Koehler (1864–1940), is the focus of the Bad Elster Bathing Museum .

Herbert Jordan died in Pulsnitz in 1991 at the age of 71.

Honors

Fonts

  • The xanthoprotein reaction in chronic polyarthritis: Taking into account reports of illnesses from the Medical University Clinic Halle / Saale and the municipal auxiliary hospital I in Halle / Saale. Dissertation , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , 1945.
  • Short-term fluctuations in the human heart period. Habilitation thesis , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 1960.
  • Floor plan of balneology and balneobioclimatology: For students and doctors. Thieme Verlag, Leipzig 1964.
  • Spa therapy. Fischer Verlag, Jena 1975.
  • On the strategic and tactical scope of physiotherapy. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1989.

literature

  • Volker Beyrich: “The doctor needs science to recognize, art to act and ethos to exist. (Herbert Jordan, 1975) ". In: “Archive dust. Messages from the archives of the Fürstenschüler Foundation - Kurt Schwabe Archive - “, September 2013 edition, pp. 7-10
  • Obituary in the yearbook of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig 1991/1992, pp. 295–298.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Beyrich: “The doctor needs science to recognize, art to act and ethos to exist. (Herbert Jordan, 1975) ". In: “Archive dust. Messages from the archives of the Fürstenschülerstiftung - Kurt Schwabe Archive - ”, September 2013 edition, pp. 7-10
  2. ↑ Volker Beyrich: “The doctor needs science to recognize, art to act and ethos to exist. (Herbert Jordan, 1975) ". In: “Archive dust. Messages from the archives of the Fürstenschülerstiftung - Kurt Schwabe Archive - ”, September 2013 edition, pp. 7-10
  3. ↑ http://www.naturheilpraxis.de/nh/index.html?http://www.naturheilpraxis.de/nh/archiv/2001/nhp04/a_nh-ff04.html
personal data
SURNAME Jordan, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German internist and balneologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Markneukirchen
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1991
Place of death Pulsnitz