Oskar Vivell

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Oskar Vivell (born October 28, 1917 in Wolfach ; † May 7, 1981 in Karlsruhe ) was a German doctor.

Life

Vivell attended the Berthold-Gymnasium in Freiburg im Breisgau and studied philosophy and Catholic theology there for five semesters after graduating from high school in 1937 . He began his medical studies in Königsberg in 1940 and continued in Berlin and Freiburg after his military service . There he passed the state examination in 1946 .

After his compulsory assistantship at the University Women's Clinic, Dermatology Clinic and Medical Clinic in Freiburg, he worked for a year with Franz Büchner at the Pathological Institute and was since 1949 as an assistant, since 1954 as a private lecturer and since 1960 as an adjunct professor and first senior physician at the Freiburg Children's Hospital under W. Cellar active.

The circle around Keller was one of the most active groups in the post-war development phase of German paediatrics . Vivell's first years as assistant were mainly determined by hard station work and night-long research work under poor external conditions in cramped laboratories and cellars. Scientifically, he emerged primarily in the field of virology , which was in vigorous development in the early 1950s. He began his work in this field with Richard Bieling in Marburg an der Lahn and expanded his knowledge in particular with Dalldorf in Albany , USA .

Vivell went to great lengths to introduce poliomyelitis and measles vaccinations , which he promoted to fight these diseases. He also dealt with the Coxsackie virus - and other viral infections . His bibliography includes over 150 titles as well as essential contributions to textbooks. For many years he held the main lecture “Pediatrics” at the University of Freiburg and as a university lecturer was very popular and highly valued by his students.

On December 1, 1964, Vivell took over the management of the Franz-Lust Children's Clinic in Karlsruhe until his death in 1981 and set decisive accents through a restructuring.

Vivell has been a member of the German Society for Social Pediatrics since it was founded and since 1976 has chaired its committee “Vaccinations against Infectious Diseases”. With a large number of lectures he endeavored to train pediatricians and general practitioners, also as part of the Karlsruhe Therapy Weeks. In 1979 he was able to host the 76th Congress of the German Society for Pediatrics.

Honors

Vivell received a number of honors; Among other things, he was made an honorary member by the Chilean Society for Pediatrics and was awarded the Ernst von Bergmann plaque for his services to advanced medical training. The school kindergarten for physically handicapped children, founded in 1968 at Raiherwiesenstrasse 13 in Karlsruhe-Durlach, was named after him in 1985 in recognition of his services to pediatrics.