Huldrych M. Koelbing
Huldrych Martin F. Koelbing (born June 17, 1923 in Reiden ; † May 8, 2007 in Zurich ; resident in Basel and Schinznach-Dorf ) was a Swiss ophthalmologist and medical historian .
Life
The son of the Reformed pastor von Reiden graduated from high school in Basel and studied medicine at the University of Basel . He received his doctorate in 1950, graduated as a specialist in ophthalmology in 1955 and opened his own practice in the same year. From 1964 Koelbing worked as an editor for Documenta Geigy . In 1965 he received his habilitation for the history of medicine at the University of Basel. In 1971, Koelbing, succeeding Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht , became full professor for the history of medicine at the University of Zurich and director of the Institute of Medical History. In 1988 he retired; Beat Rüttimann was the successor to the chair .
Koelbing was editor-in-chief of the Gesnerus magazine from 1989 to 1992 . He was a founding and honorary member of the Julius Hirschberg Society . His estate is in the Archive for Medical History at the University of Zurich .
Fonts (selection)
- with Heinrich Buess : Brief history of ankylosing spondylitis and spondylosis (= Acta rheumatologica. Vol. 22). JR Geigy, Basel 1964.
- Renaissance of ophthalmology 1540–1630. Huber, Bern 1967.
- with Monica Schär-Send, Antoinette Stettler-Schär and Hans Trümpy: Contributions to the history of leprosy (= Zurich medical historical treatises. New series, vol. 92). Juris, Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-260-03380-7 .
- Medicine, doctor and patient in Solzhenitsyn's “cancer ward” (= Zurich medical- historical treatises. New series, vol. 100). Juris, Zurich 1973, ISBN 3-260-03574-5 .
- In the fight against smallpox, rabies, syphilis. The lives of Edward Jenner , Louis Pasteur , Paul Ehrlich . Gute Schriften, Basel 1974, ISBN 3-7185-0396-4 .
- Doctor and patient in the ancient world (= library of the ancient world ). Artemis, Zurich 1977, ISBN 3-7608-3649-6 .
- Medical therapy. Outlines of their history. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1985, ISBN 3-534-08762-3 .
literature
- Urs Boschung , Beat Rüttimann : Obituary: Huldrych M. Koelbing in memory. In: Gesnerus . Vol. 64 (2007), p. 246 f. ( online ; PDF; 68 kB).
Web links
- Literature by and about Huldrych M. Koelbing in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christoph Mörgeli : Koelbing, Huldrych Martin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Koelbing, Huldrych M. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koelbing, Huldrych Martin F .; Koelbing, Huldrych MF |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ophthalmologist and medical historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reiden |
DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2007 |
Place of death | Zurich |