Max Immelmann (radiologist)

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Max Immelmann (born July 12, 1864 in Stendal ; † March 31, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German doctor and pioneer in radiology . He was a co-founder of the Röntgen Association in Berlin, founded in 1898, and of the German X-ray Society from 1905 and from 1907 editor of the journal Ärztliche Praxis .

In his institute for radiology, orthopedics, therapeutic gymnastics and inhalation treatment in Berlin's Lützowstraße, which existed from 1899 , a drum slit diaphragm and the Fürstenau intensimeter (named after his assistant Robert Fürstenau) were developed.

Immelmann campaigned for the establishment of radiology as a separate subject as well as thorough training of medical support staff. The guideline for the X-ray procedure developed for this purpose (see under Works) appeared in six editions between 1914 and 1931.

One of his most important works is the X-ray atlas of the normal human body , published in 1900 .

Immelmann's grandfather (Karl August Immelmann, 1796-1852) and father (Franz Alwin Immelmann, 1825-1917) had worked as district veterinarians in Stendal. Max Immelmann studied medicine in Würzburg and Berlin from 1885 to 1889. In 1889 he was with a thesis on eight cases of apoplexy in the birth of Dr. med. PhD. In 1891 he received his license to practice medicine, after which Immelmann settled in Stendal as a general practitioner. From there he went as an assistant to the medico-mechanical institute founded by Gustav Schütz in 1895 , but after just one year he set up his own institute for orthopedics and pneumotherapy . Here Immelmann increasingly worked with X-rays as a diagnostic tool, and some publications on diagnostics were also created.

The aviator Max Immelmann was his nephew.

Works

  • X-ray atlas of normal human body . Berlin 1900.
  • Ten years of orthopedics and radiology 1896–1906 . Klett, Berlin 1906.
  • The X-ray procedure for diseases of the urinary organs . Meusser, Berlin 1913.
  • with Robert Fürstenau and Johannes Schütze: Guide to the X-ray procedure for X-ray assistants . Enke, Stuttgart 1914.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Immelmann, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and radiologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1923
Place of death Berlin