Paul Guttmann (medical doctor)
Paul Guttmann (born September 9, 1834 in Ratibor , Upper Silesia , † May 24, 1893 in Berlin ) was a German pathologist , physiologist and non-fiction author.
Life and work
Following Hans von Bülow's advice , Paul Guttmann studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and the University of Vienna . He was assistant to Wilhelm Griesinger and Ludwig Traube .
In 1858 he received his doctorate and practiced in Berlin from 1859–1866. They ran a private clinic with Albert Eulenburg and investigated the role of the sympathetic nervous system . Since 1867 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Berlin. As Heinrich Curschmann's successor , he became director of the Moabit Municipal Hospital in Berlin in 1879 . His assistants were Hermann Frank and the pediatrician Hugo Neumann . With Paul Ehrlich they researched tuberculosis and malaria .
The Guttmann sign is named after his last name , a buzzing sound that can be felt and heard over the thyroid gland in Graves' disease .
Paul Guttmann published several medical publications and edited the yearbook for general practitioners .
Books
- Textbook of clinical examination methods: for the thoracic and abdominal organs including laryngoscopy . Verlag A. Hirschberg, Berlin 1872 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- The pathology of the sympathetic system on a physiological basis. Verlag A. Hirschberg, Berlin 1873.
- A manual of physical diagnostics. Consists of the neck, thorax and abdomen. The New Sydenham Society, London 1879.
literature
- Paul Guttmann . In: Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 4 : Gies – Hessel . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23164-4 , p. 275 .
- Julius Leopold Pagel : Guttmann, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 652 f.
- Julius Pagel : Guttmann, Paul . In: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1901, column 662 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in: Otto Dornblüth : Clinical Dictionary . 1927. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guttmann, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pathologist, physiologist and non-fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratibor , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1893 |
| Place of death | Berlin |