Ottomar Rosenbach
Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (born January 4, 1851 in Krappitz , Silesia , † March 20, 1907 in Berlin ) was a German doctor .
Life
Rosenbach was a general practitioner in the same place as his father, Samuel Rosenbach. He studied at the universities of Berlin and Breslau . He interrupted his studies to participate as a volunteer in the Franco-German War . In 1874 he finally completed his studies with the medical doctor degree. From 1874 to 1877 he was an assistant doctor at the university hospital in Jena , and from 1878 senior assistant at the Allerheiligen Hospital in Breslau. At the same time he taught as a private lecturer at the University of Wroclaw. In 1887 he became medical director of the hospital, which he remained until his retirement in 1893. From 1888 he was also an assistant professor. In 1893 he gave up his professorship and moved back to Berlin.
Rosenbach's observations on vocal cord paralysis caused by esophageal cancer were expanded upon by Felix Semon and led to the formulation of Rosenbach-Semon's law in 1897 , which is now considered obsolete.
Honors
In 1890 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
literature
- Peter Voswinckel: Rosenbach, Ottomar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 56 f. ( Digitized version ).
References and comments
- ↑ Member entry of Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 24, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenbach, Ottomar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenbach, Ottomar Ernst Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krappitz , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1907 |
| Place of death | Berlin |