Hermann Straub

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Hermann Straub (born November 18, 1882 in Stuttgart , † July 20, 1938 in Greifswald ) was a German internist .

Life

Straub studied natural sciences and medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1909 he was able to successfully complete this course with a doctorate . In his dissertation he dealt with "Acute Addisonii disease after thrombosis of both adrenal veins ".

Straub then worked at the Pharmacological Institute in Freiburg im Breisgau and later moved to Great Britain to the Physiological Institutes of Cambridge and London . In 1910 Straub returned and became an assistant at the University Hospital of Tübingen . Two years later he accepted a position as senior physician at the First Medical Clinic in Munich . There, Straub 1914 (Internal Medicine) was the subject of "dynamics of the mammalian heart" habilitation .

Between 1914 and 1918 Straub took part in World War I as a doctor . In 1919 he was promoted to associate professor and as such was entrusted with the management of the medical polyclinic in Greifswald. In 1928 he accepted a call to Göttingen .

Soon after the seizure of power by the National Socialists put Straub his offices and retired into private life after Greifswald back. There he died at the age of almost 56 on July 20, 1938 and was also buried there.

In 1936 he was elected a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

reception

Straub did research on blood circulation , respiration and mineral metabolism.

Works (selection)

  • Acute Addison's disease after thrombosis of both adrenal veins . Dissertation, University of Tübingen 1909.
  • Mammalian Heart Dynamics . Habilitation, University of Munich 1914.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 235.