Johannes Kessel (doctor)

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J. Kessel

Johannes Kessel (born February 14, 1839 in Selzen , † September 22, 1907 in Jena ) was a German ear, nose and throat doctor and university professor.

Life

Kessel studied between 1857 and 1866 at the medical faculties of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and the Hessian Ludwig University . In 1858 he became active in the Corps Teutonia Giessen . In 1866 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. After that he was assistant to Anton Friedrich von Tröltsch in Würzburg. This was followed by a study visit to Vienna , where he worked with Adam Politzer at the Institute for General and Experimental Pathology . Then he was in Prague with the sensory physiologist and physicist Ernst Mach , who taught and researched at the Karl Ferdinand University there from 1867 to 1895.

Kessel completed his habilitation in Graz and received a call as a private lecturer for the subject of otiatrics at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz there , without him and his employees being able to set up an extraordinary position. He held his lectures in the ophthalmology lecture hall. A medical faculty was first established in Graz in 1863.

In 1875 Johann Kessel carried out the first mobilization of the stapes in Graz and thus became a pioneer of hearing-improving operations. Previously, he carried out studies on pigeons in order to u. a. to show that manipulating the oval window ( fenestra ovalis or vestibularis ) does not necessarily lead to hearing loss , which was a prevailing hypothesis at the time. Kessel's medical work focused clinically and experimentally on the function of the middle ear. He is considered a pioneer in middle ear operations. During his time in Graz, he was one of the first to venture an operation on the fixed stapes for otosclerosis . He also performed operations on the eardrum as well as on the hammer and anvil with the aim of improving hearing.

When Friedrich Eugen Weber-Liel (1832-1891) resigned from his professorship in 1885 due to illness, Kessler succeeded him in 1886. He held this office from 1886 until his death in 1907. His successor was Karl Wittmaack . But also in Jena the job opportunities were unsatisfactory. For the diagnosis and therapy only two rooms were available the patient. It was not until 1890 that 17 beds were available in a tenement house for inpatient treatment. In 1900 an independent clinic for otology with 40 beds could be used in the general state hospital .

Works

  • On chronic catarrhs ​​of the middle ear and their treatment. 1888
  • Speech at the opening ceremony of the new University Ear Clinic in Jena on December 14, 1900. 1900
  • About the cutting of the stapes muscles in humans and about the extraction of the stapes, respectively. the columella in animals. Arch. Ohrheilkd. 1876; 11: 199-217

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 39 , 237
  2. ↑ Dissertation: Cases of otitis interna with suppuration of the cells of the mastoid process and sinus thrombosis: perforation of the mastoid process .
  3. ↑ History of the IPA 1873-1999: General and Experimental Pathology
  4. ↑ Austria Lexicon
  5. ^ W. Arnold; R. Husler: Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 65: Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery: BD 65. Bibliotheca Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. Karger 2006, ISBN 3-8055-8113-0 , p. 1
  6. ^ Institute for Modern and Contemporary History Research. Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950. P. 310
  7. ↑ NDB
  8. ↑ Historical photo of the formerly new hospital in Jena ( memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zur-schweiz.de
  9. ↑ today "Gasthof zur Schweiz" at Quergasse 15, opposite the inner city clinic in Jena
  10. ^ History of the ENT clinic in Jena
personal data
SURNAME Kessel, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kessel, Jean (in Kösener corps lists)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ear, nose and throat doctor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Selzen
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1907
Place of death Jena