Ludwig Demling

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Ludwig Demling, around 1990.

Ludwig Demling (born August 4, 1921 in Munich ; † October 13, 1995 in Schlüsselfeld ) was a German internist specializing in gastroenterology . He held the chair for internal medicine and was director of the medical clinic and polyclinic at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , which he expanded into a nationally leading and internationally recognized center. With a focus on gastroenterology, he was a globally recognized researcher, specialist author, university lecturer and clinic director who received numerous honors and awards.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1940, Ludwig Demling studied medicine at the universities of Würzburg , Berlin and Prague . He finished his studies in 1945 with a state examination and doctorate in Prague. In 1952 he completed his habilitation in Würzburg. In the following year he took over the provisional management of the Medical Polyclinic at the University of Würzburg. In 1954 he followed his clinical teacher, Norbert Henning , to the medical clinic and polyclinic of the University of Erlangen as senior physician . In 1959 Demling became an adjunct professor there.

In 1961 Demling became medical director of the medical clinic of the Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt municipal hospital. In 1964 he was re-qualified at the Medical Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . From 1966 until his retirement on September 30, 1986, he succeeded Norbert Henning in Erlangen, holder of the chair for internal medicine and director of the medical university clinic with polyclinic.

Demling and his employees developed a center for gastroenterological and hepatological basic and clinical research with an international reputation. Even after his retirement he was in demand as a member of numerous national and international scientific committees, as a medical expert and as an organizer, moderator and speaker for scientific events in his field. Numerous chief physicians and professors emerged from his school in Erlangen.

From his marriage to Elisabeth, b. Renner, has a son, the psychiatrist Joachim Heinrich Demling .

Research priorities

The main research areas were a. gastrointestinal hormones and motility, biotelemetry , ulcer disease , early detection and early treatment of cancer as well as the development and clinical testing of new endoscopic and sonographic techniques, which for the most part are considered pioneering achievements and are used worldwide today.

In addition to the development of methods for measuring blood flow in the liver and gastrointestinal tract, for non-invasive measurement of portal pressure , for the importance of secretin on the development of peptic ulcers, for the influence of gastrointestinal hormones on acid secretion and mucosal blood flow in the human stomach as well as telemetric examinations for gastric motility and hydrogen ion production are the development of new endoscopic and sonographic methods and devices for gastroenterological diagnostics and therapy:

  • Ultrasonography of the liver
  • Development of internal sonography (together with G. Rettenmaier from 1967)
  • Development and first application of the electro-hydro-thermal probe for endoscopic hemostasis in humans (together with P. Frühmorgen 1970–1973)
  • First endoscopic polypectomy of the stomach and upper colon (together with M. Classen and P. Deyhle 1971)
  • Enteroscopy - first total esophago-enteroscopy (together with M. Classen, H. Koch and P. Frühmorgen 1972)
  • Development of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) as a diagnostic method (from 1972)
  • First papillotomy with a non-specific diathermic snare (together with M. Classen June 1973)
  • Gastrointestinal hormones - basic research and clinical applications (together with W. Domschke, S. Domschke, SJ Konturek, E. Wünsch from 1975)
  • Development and first application of argon laser light for endoscopic hemostasis in humans (together with P. Frühmorgen 1975–1976)
  • Endoscopic stone fragmentation in the common bile duct using electrohydraulic shock waves (together with H. Koch 1976–1977)
  • Development, first endoscopic papillary splitting and stone removal with the Erlanger papillotome (together with M. Classen 1979)
  • Development of the mechanical lithotriptor (together with JF Riemann 1982)
  • First destruction of bile duct stones with a pulsed neodymium YAG laser (together with Ch. Ell 1986)

Offices and memberships

  • Honorary President of the World Gastroenterology Organization
  • President of the European Society for Gastroenterology (ASNEMGE) 1980–1984
  • President of the European Society for Gastroenterological Endoscopy (ESGE) 1984–1988
  • Founder and honorary president of the Society for Gastroenterology in Bavaria
  • President of the German Society for Internal Medicine 1987/88
  • President of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases 1979/80
  • Founder and Honorary Secretary of the European Gastro-Club
  • Founder and member of the German Society for Endoscopy
  • First chairman of the Gastro League of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Member of the Leopoldina - German Academy of Natural Scientists
  • Member and honorary member of numerous domestic and foreign specialist societies

Awards (selection)

Ludwig Demling was named after two prizes:

Editor and editors

  • Founder and Editor in Chief of the journal Endoscopy (until 1990)
  • Editor-In-Chief of Acta Hepato-Gastroenterology (until 1988)
  • Managing editor of the journal progress in medicine
  • Scientific Advisory Board of Arquivos de Gastroenterologia and Digestive Endoscopy (Brazil)

Publications (selection)

Ludwig Demling has published over 700 scientific papers and books.

Books
  • Modern digestive disease therapy. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1960.
  • Introduction to internal medicine. Thieme, Stuttgart 1967.
  • Non-Insulin-Producing Tumors of the Pancreas. Thieme, Stuttgart 1969.
  • Endoscopy - Methods and Results. Dr. E. Banaschewski, Munich 1969.
  • Biotelemetry. Thieme, Stuttgart 1970.
  • Gastroenterology 1969. Karger, Basel 1970.
  • The sick stomach. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1970.
  • Gastrointestinal Motility. Thieme, Stuttgart 1971.
  • Gastrointestinal hormones. Thieme, Stuttgart 1972.
  • Endoscopy and Biopsy of the Esophagus and Stomach - A Color Atlas. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1972.
  • Clinical gastroenterology. Thieme, Stuttgart 1973.
  • The peptic ulcer. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1973
  • Endoscopic polypectomy in the gastrointestinal tract. Thieme, Stuttgart 1973.
  • Endoscopy of the Small Intestine with Retrograde Pancreatico-Cholangiography. Thieme, Stuttgart 1973.
  • Atlas of enteroscopy - endoscopy of the small intestine and large intestine, retrograde cholangio-pancreatography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1974.
  • Handbook of Internal Medicine Volume III / 2 “Stomach” digestive organs. 5th edition. Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg 1974.
  • The Upper Abdominal Unit, The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract, a Functional Entity. International Symposium Vienna 1974. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1974.
  • Operative endoscopy. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1976.
  • Medicine without risk. Deutscher Ärzte Verlag 1978.
  • Peptic lesion in the light of aggression and protection. Report on a scientific symposium. Witzstrock, Baden-Baden 1978.
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography - ERCP. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1979.
  • Operative endoscopy. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1979.
  • Operative Endoscopy - Developments and Trends - Report on a Scientific Symposium. Acron, Berlin 1979.
  • Endoscopy and Biopsy of the Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum - A Color Atlas. 2nd Edition. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1980.
  • Modern gastric diagnostics. Gödecke AG, Berlin 1980.
  • Endoscopic Prosthetics, Report on a Scientific Symposium . Ludwig Heumann & Co., Nuremberg 1982.
  • Clinical Gastroenterology Volumes I and II. 2nd, revised edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 1984.
Original work
  • M. Classen, L. Demling: Operative gastroscopy: fiberendoscopic polyp removal in the stomach. In: DMW - German Medical Weekly. 96, 1971, pp. 1466-1467, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1110161 .
  • P. Deyhle, K. Seuberth, S. Jenny, L. Demling: Endoscopic Polypectomy in the Proximal Colon. In: Endoscopy. 03, 1971, pp. 103-105, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1098124 .
  • M. Classen, P. Fruehmorgen, H. Koch, L. Demling: Peroral Enteroscopy of the Small and the Large Intestine. In: Endoscopy. 4, 1972, pp. 157-162, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1098179 .
  • Total enteroscopy. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. No. 51, 1972, pp. 3345-3346.
  • M. Classen, K. Schwemmle, L. Demling: Endoscopy of the Pancreatic Duct. In: Endoscopy. 4, 1972, pp. 221-223, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1098194 .
  • Operative endoscopy. In: Med. World. No. 24, 1973, pp. 1253-1255.
  • M. Classen, L. Demling: Endoscopic sphincterotomy of the papilla Vateri and stone extraction from the common bile duct. In: DMW - German Medical Weekly. 99, 1974, pp. 496-497, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1107790 .
  • P. Fruehmorgen, F. Bodem, H.-D. Reidenbach, B. Kaduk, L. Demling, H. Brand: The First Endoscopic Laser Coagulation in the Human Gl-Tract. In: Endoscopy. 7, 1975, pp. 156-157, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1098564 .
  • W. Roesch, H. Koch, L. Demling: Peroral Cholangioscopy. In: Endoscopy. 08, 1976, pp. 172-175, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1098405 .
  • L. Demling: Gastrointestinal Hormones. In: Journal of Gastroenterology. 14, 1976, 63-69.
  • E. Wünsch, E. Jaeger, L. Moroder, L. Demling, W. Domschke, M. Reiss: Radioimmunoassay for secretin. In: Hoppe-Seyler's journal for physiological chemistry . 357, 1976, pp. 1417-1420, doi: 10.1515 / bchm2.1976.357.2.1417 .
  • P. Frühmorgen, B. Kaduk, F. Bodem, H.-D. Reidenbach, L. Demling: Endoscopic photocoagulation of vessels and bleeding with laser beams. In: H. Lindner (Ed.): Advances in gastroenterological endoscopy, Volume 7. G. Witzstrock Verlag, Baden-Baden 1976.
  • P. Frühmorgen, F. Bodem, H.-D. Reidenbach, B. Kaduk, L. Demling: Endoscopic photocoagulation by laser irradiation in the gastrointestinal tract of man. In: Acta hepato-gastroenterologica. Volume 25, Number 1, February 1978, pp. 1-5, ISSN  0300-970X . PMID 305712 .
  • P. Frühmorgen, L. Demling: First results of a prospective field study with a modified guaiac test for the detection of occult blood in the stool. In: K. Goerttler (Ed.): Colorectal cancer prevention . Wachholz Verlag, Nuremberg 1978, pp. 68-72.
  • W. Matek, P. Fruehmorgen, B. Kaduk, H.-D. Reidenbach, F. Bodem, L. Demling: Modified Electrocoagulation and Its Possibilities in the Control of Gastrointestinal Bleeding. In: Endoscopy. 11, 1979, pp. 253-258, doi: 10.1055 / s-0028-1098361 . PMID 314895 .
  • L. Demling, K. Seuberth, JF Riemann: A Mechanical Lithotripter. In: Endoscopy. 14, 1982, pp. 100-101, doi: 10.1055 / s-2007-1021591 . PMID 7075559 .
  • JF Riemann, K. Seuberth, L. Demling: Clinical Application of a New Mechanical Lithotripter for Smashing Common Bile Duct Stones. In: Endoscopy. 14, 1982, pp. 226-230, doi: 10.1055 / s-2007-1021626 . PMID 7140657 .
  • W. Matek, P. Frühmorgen: Elektro-Hydro-Thermo-Sonde: Clinical results and possible uses of modified electrocoagulation in the gastrointestinal tract. In: DMW - German Medical Weekly. 108, 1983, pp. 816-820, doi: 10.1055 / s-2008-1069647 .
  • L. Demling, H. Ermert, JF Riemann, G. Schmolke, N. Heyder: Lithotripsy in the Common Bile Duct Using Ultrasound. In: Endoscopy. 16, 1984, pp. 226-228, doi: 10.1055 / s-2007-1018586 . PMID 6510367 .
  • G. Lux, Ch. Ell, J. Hochberger, D. Mueller, L. Demling: The First Successful Endoscopic Retrograde Laser Lithotripsy of Common Bile Duct Stones in Man using a Pulsed Neodymium-YAG Laser. In: Endoscopy. 18, 1986, pp. 144-145, doi: 10.1055 / s-2007-1018356 . PMID 2874019 .

After his retirement, he was increasingly interested in others too, e. B. psychosomatic, general scientific and ideological issues:

  • Good mood. What everyone can contribute to their success. In: Part I: Progress. Med. 104 (7), 1986, pp. 64-65; Part II: Progress. Med. 104 (8), 1986, pp. 70-71.
  • Fractals in endoscopy. In: Endoscopy. 24 (6), Aug 1992, p. 592.
  • Chaos research, fractals, fuzzy logic. From the template to reality - consequences for medicine. In: Fortschr. Med. 110 (6), 1992, pp. 77-79.
  • Chance, chaos, free will. How random is the chance? In: Fortschr. Med. 111 (28), 1993, pp. 55-57.
  • Natura naturans? In: M. Classen (Ed.): Internists and internal medicine in the 20th century. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1994, pp. 94-105.
  • The chaos and the will of God. Man in the field of tension between science and religion. Radio lecture "Forum der Wissenschaft", Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio Franken, November 23, 1993.
  • Already alive, but how? Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / Jena 1996.

literature

  • G. Dahl: Ludwig Demling, the publicist. In: internal medicine. 8, 1981, pp. 136-137.
  • J. Wilkes: Ludwig Demling: Pioneer of endoscopy. In: J. Wilkes (Ed.): From research and healing. Erlangen medical stories. Mönau, Erlangen 2006, pp. 190–196.
  • M. Classen, JH Demling: Ludwig Demling (1921–1995), pioneer of gastroenterology, clinical teacher and person . Falk Foundation eV, Freiburg 2018
personal data
SURNAME Demling, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German internist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1995
Place of death Key field