Max Gänsslen
Max Gänsslen (born March 24, 1895 in Weinsberg ; † March 30, 1969 in Frankfurt / Main ) was a German internist and university professor.
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Max Gänsslen completed his medical studies from 1912 at the universities of Munich, Leipzig and Tübingen, where he received his doctorate in 1920. From 1919 to 1935 Gänsslen worked at the Medical University Clinic in Tübingen. In 1923 he completed his habilitation with the internist Otfried Müller.
His development of a liver extract for the treatment of pernicious anemia , marketed by Bayer AG under the name Campolon since the early 1930s , made Gänsslen world famous at the time.
In 1935 Gänsslen was appointed head of the Medical Polyclinic at the University of Frankfurt / Main, as the successor to Julius Strasburger, who was removed from office in 1934 . He joined the NSDAP in 1937 .
Temporarily relieved of service by the American occupation forces in 1945, Gänsslen ran a practice in Frankfurt / M. Before he was appointed director of the newly established 2nd Medical University Clinic in 1950, which he managed until his retirement in 1960.
Gänsslen was awarded the Paracelsus Medal in 1968 .
Web links
- German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology: Honorary members: Max Gänsslen
- Walter Harmann: 100th birthday of Max Gänsslen . Dtsch Arztebl 1995; 92 (24): A-1782
- Leo-BW: Max Gänsslen
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 172
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goose, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German internist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weinberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1969 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt / Main |