Otto Naegeli

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Otto Naegeli , (born July 9, 1871 in Ermatingen , Canton Thurgau ; † March 11, 1938 in Zurich ) was a Swiss physician ( internist ).

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Otto Naegeli was the son of the Ermatinger country and district doctor Otto Naegeli sen. and brother of Oskar Naegeli .

In 1890 Naegeli and the later ophthalmologist Eugen Wehrli wrote an article on the flora of the canton of Thurgau, which appeared in the newsletter of the Thurgau Natural Research Society. It was the first of a long series of botanical publications by Naegeli, which mainly dealt with the flora of north-eastern Switzerland . In recognition of his services to botanical research in Thurgau and in recognition of his scientific work, Naegeli was made an honorary member of the "Thurgau Natural Research Society".

Naegeli studied medicine at the University of Zurich with a degree in 1896 and completed his habilitation there in 1899. He was a resident doctor in Zurich and from 1912 an associate professor at the University of Tübingen . In 1918 Naegeli became head of the medical polyclinic in Zurich and in 1921 full professor and head of the medical clinic. In 1937 he resigned.

Naegeli dealt, among other things, with tuberculosis , hematology , accident neuroses and differential diagnosis . He discovered that patients can be infected with tuberculosis (and can transmit it) without getting sick. He is known for a classification of leukemia into "myeloid" and "lymphatic", which has been preserved to this day ( acute lymphatic leukemia , acute myeloid leukemia ).

In 1932 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1934 he received an honorary doctorate in Bern. The Swiss Otto Naegeli Prize is awarded in his honor .

Naegeli worked with Günther Just and Karl Heinrich Bauer 's magazine for human inheritance and constitutional theory from 1935 onwards .

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  1. ^ Kurt Hausmann: Dr. Otto Nägeli. Reproduction of a presentation in the Vinorama Museum Ermatingen , accessed on January 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Naegeli: Over-red bone marrow and myeloblasts. In: Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift , Volume 26, 1900, p. 287.
  3. ↑ Member entry of Otto Naegeli at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 13, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Naegeli, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nägeli, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss medic
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Ermatingen
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1938
Place of death Zurich