Karl Dehio

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Karl Dehio (1870)

Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio (* May 27 . Jul / 8. June  1851 greg. In Tallinn , Governorate of Estonia ; † 26. February 1927 in Tartu ) he was a Baltic German doctor. He was professor for special pathology and clinic in Dorpat (Estonian Tartu). He was the last rector of the (German-speaking) University of Dorpat .

Life

Karl Dehio studied medicine at the University of Dorpat from 1870 to 1876. Received his doctorate in 1877, he stayed in Vienna for further studies in 1878. From 1879 to 1883 he was a doctor at the children's hospital of Prince Peter von Oldenburg (1812–1881) in Saint Petersburg . Due to his fame at the Tsar's court, he became the personal physician of Grand Duchess Katharina Michailowna in 1881 . He accompanied her and her sons to Berlin via Moscow and Kiev. In 1884 he went back to the Dorpater University as a lecturer and was there after 1886 professor for special pathology and clinic. From 1890 to 1914 he wrote the St. Petersburg Medical Weekly for Dorpat. In 1918 he became rector of the university. He was also Vice President of the Society for Combating Leprosy in Livonia . The German Academy of Natural Scientists elected Leopoldina as a member in 1926. - One daughter was the writer Else Hueck-Dehio .

effect

In medicine, the "Dehiosche sign" is still a term used around the world in the diagnosis of heart disease. It says: "If the bradycardia resolves itself with subcutaneous injection of atropine, the cause is a vagus stimulus, otherwise there is cardiac insufficiency". His life was dedicated to fighting leprosy in Russia and the Baltic States. With the help of the young grand princes of the Romanovs , sons of Katharina Michailovna , as well as charity events organized by him ("leprosy balls"), he set up leprosories all over Russia to treat the sick. The fact that the epidemic was extinguished in Russia in 1918 was largely thanks to his efforts.

estate

Parts of Dehio's estate are in the document collection of the Herder Institute (Marburg) (DSHI) in the family archive v. Grote / Dehio.

Works

  • Contributions to the pathological anatomy of leprosy . (1877)
  • Experimental studies on the bronchial respiratory noise and the auscultatory cavity symptoms . (1885)
  • Prescriptions and prescriptions used in the Dorpater Polyclinic . (1888)
  • Infectious diseases and their cure . (1892)
  • Leprosy then and now . (1895)
  • Smallpox, relapsing fever, typhus and malaria . (Handbook of practical medicine by Ebstein and Schwalbe. 1899)
  • Vitalism and mechanism . (1926)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Karl Dehio. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  2. ↑ a b Hella Olga Marie Voit-v. Kirschten: From the life of Karl Gottfried Constantin Dehio , 2006.
  3. ^ The house of Karl Dehio in Dorpat - plaque of the Tartu Linnamuuseum
  4. ↑ Victor Dehio (1853-1930) - a "fruitful and sensitive painter"
personal data
SURNAME Dehio, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dehio, Karl Gottfried Konstantin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic internist and pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Reval
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1927
Place of death Tartu