Manfred Stürzbecher

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Manfred Stürzbecher (born October 18, 1928 in Berlin ) is a Berlin medical historian and doctor .

Life

Manfred Stürzbecher first studied history , then medicine at the Free University of Berlin and received his doctorate in both subjects (1954 Dr. phil., 1961 Dr. med.). He is also a (non-licensed) pharmacist. His first dissertation in history is already a work in the history of medicine; its topic was combating the decline in the birth rate and infant mortality as reflected in the debates in the Reichstag from 1900 to 1930. His second, medical dissertation also dealt with a topic of medical history, dealing with medical care and the state of health of the Berlin population in the 18th century.

Manfred Stürzbecher has completed several professional positions: he was a doctor in the judicial service, deputy head of the Academy for State Medicine in Hamburg, advisor for medical statistics and medical documentation at the highest state health authority in Berlin, head of the Berlin Medical Central Library and finally a medical officer in Berlin-Steglitz .

Stürzbecher has written several books and compilations and over 500 articles on medical history topics. For a long time he was chairman of the Berlin Society for the History of Medicine . He is one of the best experts on the history of medicine in Berlin.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Contributions to the history of medicine in Berlin: Sources and studies on the history of the health system from the 17th to the 19th century. de Gruyter, Berlin 1966
  • (Ed.): German medical letters of the 19th century. Musterschmidt, Göttingen, Frankfurt / Main, Zurich 1975, ISBN 3-7881-1219-0
  • 125 years of Moabit Hospital: 1872–1997. Weidler, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89693-105-9 .
  • Yearbook "The Bear of Berlin", ed. v. Association for the History of Berlin :
    • “You can still find more use in the world”. Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia and medicine. 14th year, Berlin 1965, pp. 28–48.
    • The pharmacy nurses in the Bethanien hospital and Theodor Fontane. On the history of the dispensing facility in Bethanien.
    • 100 years of the Friedrichshain Municipal Hospital . 24th year, Berlin 1975.
    • Public health tasks and services. The heads of authorities of the Reich Health Office in Berlin 1876-1945. 25th year, Berlin 1976.
    • Sources on the history of medicine and health care in and about Berlin. 26th year, Berlin 1977.
    • From the history of the Charlottenburg health system. 29th year, Berlin 1980.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rolf Winau : Manfred Stürzbecher on the 75th In: Berlin doctors. 10/2003 ( PDF file ).
  2. ↑ see overview of the award of the plaque at http://geschichte-brandenburg.de/lv-neu/fontane-plakette.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Falling cup, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medical historian and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin