Paul Lazarus (medic)

Paul Lazarus (born October 14, 1873 in Chernivtsi ; † October 6, 1957 in Locarno ) was a German radiologist who worked in Berlin from 1901 to 1936 .

life and work

Paul Lazarus came from a family of Austrian doctors and studied at the universities of Heidelberg , Berlin and Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1897 . From 1901 he worked at the Charité in Berlin and wrote during this time with the head of the department, Ernst von Leyden , papers on myelitis and radiology of the spine. In 1903 Lazarus completed his habilitation and was appointed professor in 1907. From 1907 to 1930 he was chief physician at the St. Marien Hospital in Berlin and then at the St. Antonius Hospital.

Paul Lazarus in the course catalogs of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin . The first excerpt comes from the summer semester 1925, the second and third excerpts from the summer semester 1927.

He also taught at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität , the Berlin University. In 1913 the first edition of the handbook of radium biology and therapy he edited appeared . The second edition appeared in two volumes in 1928/31. In addition to being the editor of this manual, Lazarus has authored over a hundred scientific papers. After the “ seizure of power ” by the National Socialists , his license to teach at the university was revoked in 1933. Lazarus continued to work at the St. Antonius Hospital in Berlin until 1936 (but no longer in a managerial position) and then fled to Switzerland with his family. In Friborg he worked for a few years as chief physician for radiation oncology.

Publications

• as editor: Handbook of Radium Biology and Therapy. JF Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1913.
• as editor: Handbook of the entire radiation medicine. JF Bergmann, Munich 1928 (first volume: The physical, chemical and pathological foundations of all radiation biology and therapy ).
• as editor: Handbook of the entire radiation medicine. JF Bergmann, Munich 1931 (second volume: radiation clinic and special therapeutic methodology ).
• The St. Antonius Hospital Berlin-Karlshorst. Erected by the Sisters of Mary. Principles of modern hospital treatment. Berlin 1931.

See also

• Radiology Memorial

literature

• Friedrich Dessauer : Paul Lazarus 80 years. In: Radiation Therapy. Vol. 95 (1954).
• Karen Bayer, Frank Sparing , Wolfgang Woelk (eds.): Universities and colleges during National Socialism and in the early post-war period. Steiner, Wiesbaden 2004.
• Eberhard Scherer: Paul Lazarus (1873–1957). A look back at life and work. In: Radiation Therapy and Oncology . Vol. 183 (2007), no. 5, p. 290 f. ( PDF file ).
• Inga-Britt Kelbert: Paul Lazarus (1873–1957). Radiation Therapy Pioneer. Life and work. Med. Diss., RWTH Aachen, 2007 ( PDF file ).
• Katrin Rudolph, Gerhard Lutz, LAK Wuttke: Dr. Gerhart Bollert. Lawyer, politician and collector ( memento of October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: Prignitzlexikon (there section on Paul Lazarus).
• Rocco Thiede: It is a sacred thing about the sick , feature on Deutschlandfunk, on the 60th anniversary of death

Individual evidence

1. ↑ This information comes from the review by Eberhard Scherer and Bayer / Sparing / Woelk, p. 265.
2. ↑ The St. Antonius Hospital existed from 1930 to 1945 and Paul Lazarus was one of its founders. Today in the building complex is the Catholic University of Social Sciences Berlin and since 2001 a senior citizens' pen ( PDF file ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and Archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ). 
3. ↑ Further course catalogs (like 1926 to 1929) show that radiation therapy and progress in therapy were regular events by Paul Lazarus.
4. ↑ Paul Lazarus was a Catholic of Jewish descent, see Gerhart Bollert's curriculum vitae.
5. ↑ According to Bayer / Sparing / Woelk, however, he was unable to acquire the Swiss doctor's license and was therefore only active in an advisory capacity.