Moritz Meyer
Moritz Meyer (born November 6, 1821 in Berlin ; † October 30, 1893 there ) was a German doctor and electrotherapist .
Life
Meyer studied medicine at the universities of Heidelberg , Berlin and Halle . In 1844 he was in Halle with the dissertation De rupturis uteri et vaginae for his doctorate .
Meyer worked from 1845 as a general practitioner in Berlin and from 1854 as a specialist in electricity and nervous diseases. He was also appointed to the Medical Council in 1864 and to the Secret Medical Council in 1874 . He wrote a textbook on the use of electricity in practical medicine, which was updated over four editions and was awarded a prize by the Ghent Medical Society in 1852.
Meyer invented the so-called Meyer interrupter for testing muscle and nerve reactions and discovered symptoms of paralysis in 1854, which could be traced back to the regular use of lead-containing snuff .
Works (selection)
- De rupturis uteri et vaginae: una cum duobus casibus rupti in partu uteri et rupta vaginae , Halle an der Saale 1844 (dissertation).
- Electricity in its application to practical medicine , Hirschmann, Berlin 1854; 2nd completely revised and enlarged edition, 1861 .; 3rd edition, 1868 (New York appeared in 1869 and 1872 also in English translation); 4th edition 1883.
literature
- Julius Pagel : Meyer, Moritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 370.
- Isidore Singer , Frederick T. Haneman: Meyer, Moritz. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Volume 8, Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906, p. 526 .
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| SURNAME | Meyer, Moritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and electrotherapist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1893 |
| Place of death | Berlin |