Paul Rudolf Geipel
Paul Rudolf Geipel (born February 6 or November 6, 1869 in Zwickau ; † October 14, 1956 ) was a German pathologist and, along with Ludwig Aschoff, was the first to describe the Aschoff knot .
Life
Geipel was born as the son of a general practitioner in Zwickau. After graduating from high school, he began studying medicine in Leipzig in 1889 , which he finished in 1895. He was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . First he began his training in Strasbourg , a short time later he continued his training as an assistant in the Pathological-Anatomical Institute of the Dresden-Friedrichstadt City Hospital under the direction of Georg Schmorl . After two years he moved to the Bacteriological Institute in Hamburg and then worked at the Pathological Institute in Gießen .
Through the mediation of Schmorl, Geipel, who was only 33 years old, was entrusted with the prosecution at the Dresden-Johannstadt City Hospital in 1901 . After being appointed professor in 1911, he worked as a prosector until his retirement and the hospital's closure in 1932.
After the Second World War he started in the Sächsische Serumwerk AG as head of the histological department, where he stayed until shortly before his death in 1956.
Scientific work
Geipel devoted himself to the special pathology, so he described the situs inversus , the transposition of the large vessels and malformations of the tricuspid valve . He examined these malformations in connection with other malformations such as esophageal-tracheal fistulas or congenital heart defects .
He also studied tuberculosis of the human placenta and infant tuberculosis .
According to today's knowledge , he interpreted the listeriosis granulomas of the placenta etiologically as pseudotuberculous granulomas of syphilitic origin.
He became world famous for his description of the histiocytic nodules after rheumatic myocarditis, which was independent of Ludwig Aschoff. These nodules are therefore also known today as Aschoff-Geipel nodes.
Honor
Paul Rudolf Geipel was honored in 1954 as an outstanding scientist of the people . He was canon of the cathedral in Wurzen . The sculptor Georg Wrba was won over for the extensive redesign of the interior of the cathedral in 1931/1932 . He created a cycle of late Expressionist sculptures made of cast bronze , which still dominate the interior of the cathedral, including the bronze pulpit : the heads of the apostles at the base of the pulpit bear the facial features of the canons of that time - including the geipels.
Web links
- Detailed article on life and work in the Ärzteblatt Sachsen 10/2007 (pdf)
Individual evidence
- ^ Marina Lienert: Geipel, Paul Rudolf . In: Caris-Petra Heidel and Marina Lienert (eds.): The professors of the Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus Dresden and its predecessor institutions 1814–2013 . Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-86780-376-2 , professors of the previous institutions, p. 39 .
- ↑ Beginning with the pulpit stairs: Ludwig Ihmels as Matthias, Johannes Wiede as Simon Zelotes, Richard Weidauer as Matthäus, Börries von Münchhausen as Thomas, Paul Herfurth as Andreas, Gotthard von Pentz as Jakobus, at the lectern above Friedrich Krug von Nidda and von Falkenstein as Paulus, Hermann Ilgen as Petrus, Hans Wrba (son of the artist Georg Wrba) as Johannes, Alfred Ackermann as Philippus, Friedrich Seetzen as Bartholomäus, Paul Geipel as Thaddäus, Georg Wrba as Jakobus Alphäus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geipel, Paul Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pathologist and with Ludwig Aschoff the first person to describe the Aschoff knot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1869 or November 6, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1956 |