Julius Dreschfeld
Julius Dreschfeld (born October 13, 1845 in Niederwerrn , † June 13, 1907 in Withington , Manchester ) was a German-British doctor and pathologist in Manchester.
Life
Born in Bavaria to Jewish parents , he attended school in Bamberg . In 1861 he moved to live with a relative in Manchester. After attending Owens College , he studied medicine at the Manchester Royal School of Medicine . He went to the 1864 University of Würzburg and in 1867 with a thesis on Albert von Bezold to Dr. med. PhD . In the German War he served in the Bavarian Army . In 1867 he became a corps bow bearer of the Franconia Würzburg . Returned to Manchester in 1870, he worked in the Royal Infirmary from 1873 to 1907 . In 1883 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians . At the Victoria University of Manchester he was professor of pathology (1881-1891) and medicine (1891-1907). He examined (as Louis Pasteur ), the hydrophobicity and diabetic ketoacidosis . He retired in 1905, but was allowed to continue working. He died at the age of 61 and was buried in Southport .
Web links
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- US National Library of Medicine
- Obituary, BMJ PMC 2357785 (free full text) (with picture)
- Royal College of Physicians
- Victoria University
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Dreschfeld, Julius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British doctor and pathologist in Manchester |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1845 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederwerrn |
DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1907 |
Place of death | Withington , Manchester |