Oswald Feis

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Oswald Feis (born March 13, 1866 in Mannheim , † April 15, 1940 in London ) was a German doctor and medical historian .

After studying in Heidelberg , Würzburg , Berlin and Jena , he received his doctorate in Würzburg in 1889 with contributions to the knowledge of the narrow pelvis with special focus on therapy . From 1890 to 1894 he worked in hospitals in Jena and Göttingen . In 1894 he settled in Frankfurt am Main as a gynecologist. As a Jew, Feis had to emigrate to England in 1939 during the Nazi era.

In addition to medical history research, music was close to his heart. He played the violin himself and was on the board of trustees of Dr. Hoch's Conservatory active (1924 to 1932 as chairman, 1932 honorary member).

Works

  • Studies on the genealogy and psychology of musicians . Wiesbaden 1910
  • Hector Berlioz: a pathographic study . Wiesbaden 1911

literature

  • Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of the last fifty years: at the same time: Continuation of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples / edited and edited by I. Fischer. Berlin [et al.]: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1932-1933. - 2 vols. (Quoted from WBIS)
  • Frankfurt biography: personal history lexicon. Edited by Wolfgang Klötzer. Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1996. - 2 vol. - (Publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission 19, 1.2) (quoted from WBIS)

Web links

Commons : Oswald Feis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Oswald Feis  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A small dossier is available at the Institute for City History Frankfurt: http://www.ifaust.de/isg/ (no permalink available, dossier not viewed).
personal data
SURNAME Feis, Oswald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and medical historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim ,
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1940
Place of death London