Johannes Brodersen

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Johannes Hermann Brodersen (born February 9, 1878 in Schleswig ; † June 9, 1970 in Hamburg ) was a German anatomist , university professor and conservative opponent of National Socialism.

Johannes Brodersen around 1950

Life

Family and education

The Evangelical baptized John Brodersen was the son of the government secretary Carl Theodor Brodersen and his wife Henriette Margaretha Christiane Hansen. He studied after high school Medicine at the University of Jena , the University of Strasbourg , the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as well as of October 1901, the University of Rostock , 1903, he received his doctorate there for Dr. med. Johannes Brodersen married Amanda Magdalena nee Michelsen (1881–1965) in 1905, with whom he had three children named Peter-Heinz (1906–1965), Hella (1908–1993) and Hannah (1911–1991). Johannes Brodersen died in Hamburg in June 1970 at the age of 92.

Professional career

One year after completing his doctorate, Johannes Brodersen took up an assistant position at the Anatomical Institute of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , in 1905 he moved to the Anatomical Institute of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster in the same position . The following year habilitated himself as a lecturer for the subject anatomy. Brodersen, who had also been appointed prosector and head of department, was also employed between 1917 and 1918 as an assistant doctor on the Western Front during the First World War. In 1919 Johannes Brodersen took over a private lectureship in anatomy at the University of Hamburg , and in 1923 he was appointed as a regular associate professor. Due to his conservative attitude, Brodersen was in opposition to National Socialism . It is said that he successfully justified his refusal to swear allegiance to Hitler with the argument that he swore allegiance to the Kaiser and that this applies to him for life. In November 1933 he signed the confession of the German professors about Adolf Hitler . On October 28, 1933 he was appointed acting director after Heinrich Poll was forced to resign. In 1941 he was forced to retire. The University of Hamburg appointed him full professor in 1951 .

Brodersen's research related to the cell nucleus , blood, cartilage , thymus , connective tissue , lungs, kidneys, skin and Liesegang's lines. Brodersen set up a large collection of anatomical models and microscopic specimens in Hamburg. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1964 and held modeling courses at the University of Hamburg. He also conducted anatomical studies on Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Caspar Lavater .

Fonts

  • The changes in the kidney after a two-hour ligation of the renal artery as a result of a changed flow through the vessel. Adler, Rostock 1904.
  • The creation of the Hünefeld-Hensen pictures in frog blood with limited addition of water. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1921.
  • Forms of contraction of the red blood cells of the frog by the action of NaOH in saline solutions. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1923.
  • About the development of the bell shape from the biscuit shape of human erythrocytes. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1923.
  • The formation of Liesegang lines in capillary space. Theodor Steinkopff, Dresden / Leipzig 1924.
  • About the agglutination of erythrocytes in humans. JF Bergmann and Julius Springer, Munich / Berlin 1925.
  • edited with Alexander A. Maximow, Josef Schaffer: epithelial and glandular tissue, connective tissue and hematopoietic tissue, blood (= manual of the microscopic anatomy of man. Vol. 2: The tissues. Tl. 1). Julius Springer, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1927.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Brodersen, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brodersen, Johannes Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1970
Place of death Hamburg