Max Levy-Dorn
Max Levy-Dorn (born August 1, 1863 in Berlin , † June 20, 1929 in Berlin) was a researcher and pioneer as well as a victim of radiology .
Life
He worked for decades as the head of the X-ray department at the Rudolf Virchow Hospital in Berlin and initially suffered mutilation of his hands from radiation damage during his work , as the risks of X-rays were still unknown. He later died of cancer.
Fonts (selection)
- Handbook of X-ray diagnostics , Leipzig: Klinkhardt 1923
- On the criticism of pathological changes in the radiological gastric picture based on autopsy findings , Leipzig: JA Barth, 1914
literature
- Erhart Kahle: Levy-Dorn, Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 406 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Siegmund Kaznelson (ed.): Jews in the German cultural area. Berlin 1962
- Urte Roeser: Max Levy-Dorn 1863-1929. Biobibliography of a Berlin X-ray pioneer . Dissertation, FU Berlin 1964
- Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 short biographies of important German Jews of the 20th century. Askania, Lindhorst 1982, ISBN 3-921730-10-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levy-Dorn, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1929 |
| Place of death | Berlin |