Paul Schölmerich

Paul Schölmerich (born June 27, 1916 in Kasbach-Ohlenberg ; † August 14, 2015 in Mainz ) was a German internist and university professor.

Life

Born in Kasbach near Linz / Rhein, Schölmerich attended the humanistic Martinus grammar school in Linz . After graduating from high school, he studied medicine and psychology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , the University of Leipzig , the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna from 1935 to 1941 . After the state examination and doctorate in Leipzig in 1941, he served as a medical officer in Wehrmacht hospitals and as a military doctor in the Air Force (Wehrmacht) with two years of medical service on the Eastern Front until July 1944 . From July 1944 to December 1945 he was a scientific assistant at the WG Kerckhoff Institute for Circulatory Research (today the Max Planck Institute) in Bad Nauheim, where he received his theoretical training in physiology from Hans Schaefer . From 1946 to 1963 Paul Schölmerich worked at the Medical University Clinic in Marburg. Here he continued his training as a specialist in internal medicine , completed his habilitation in internal medicine in 1952 and became an associate professor in 1958 . Schölmerich's clinical trainers included Alfred Schwenkenbecher and Hans Erhard Bock . In 1963 he was appointed to the chair of internal medicine and director of the 2nd Medical Clinic and Polyclinic at the University of Mainz . In 1982 he retired.

Memberships (selection)

• since 1973 member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz.
• 1976 election to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Awards (selection)

• 1974 Ernst von Bergmann badge
• 1986 Gold Ludwig Heilmeyer Medal
• 1987 Award of an honorary doctorate (Dr. med. Hc) by the Ruhr University Bochum
• 1994 Paracelsus Medal of the German Medical Association (1994)
• 2000 Gustav von Bergmann Gold Medal from the German Society for Internal Medicine

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Schölmerich in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Publications by Paul Schölmerich in PubMed
• Literature by and about Paul Schölmerich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Laudation for the award of the Paracelsus Medal. In: Dtsch Arztebl , 1994, 91 (20), p. A-1462
• Ignaz Wessler: Paul Schölmerich on his 90th birthday . (PDF) In: Ärzteblatt Rheinland-Pfalz , 2006, edition 7, p. 20
• CV P. Schölmerich. Academy of Science and Literature Mainz
• Obituary
• Member entry of Paul Schölmerich (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
• Schölmerich, Paul. Hessian biography. (As of June 25, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rudolf Gross , Paul Schölmerich, Wolfgang Gerok (Ed.): 1000 memoranda of internal medicine. Schattauer, Stuttgart / New York 1971; 4th, completely revised edition ibid 1989 (= UTB for science / university paperbacks. Volume 522), ISBN 3-7945-1282-0 , p. IV.
2. ↑ Rudolf Gross, Paul Schölmerich, Wolfgang Gerok (Ed.): 1000 memoranda of internal medicine. 1989, p. IV.