Paul Wels

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Paul Wels (born  February 2, 1890 in Binnenwalde , Goldap district in East Prussia ; † July 1, 1963 in Offenbach am Main ; full name: Bruno Paul Wilhelm Wels ) was a German pharmacologist and radiation biologist . From 1928 to 1958 he was professor and institute director at the University of Greifswald and was accepted into the Leopoldina in 1938 for his research, which focused on radiation biology . During the Nazi era, he was involved in research on chemical warfare agents, which also included experiments on volunteers.

Life

Paul Wels was born in the East Prussian Binnenwalde in 1890 and, after attending secondary school in Insterburg , studied medicine at the University of Königsberg . He received his doctorate in 1917 with a thesis on the influence of adrenaline on kidney function at the University of Kiel , where he also obtained his habilitation in internal medicine in 1924 . From 1928 he acted as director of the Pharmacological Institute at the University of Greifswald, succeeding Otto Riesser .

After the handover of power to the National Socialists , Paul Wels became a member of the SA in 1933 , and later switched to the NS Air Corps . He was also a member of the NS teacher association and the NSV . During World War II , he worked in personal union at the Institute for General Pharmacology and Defense Toxology of the Berlin Military Medical Academy . As evidenced by the application files he had to try to fight substance Lost involved, as with that of the DFG funded project "treatment of mustard damage with irradiated protein solutions." Students who volunteered were injured with the warfare agent and then treated.

After the end of the Second World War, he was first dismissed from the post of professor in 1946. Two years later, however, he was able to resume his scientific work at the University of Greifswald, where he worked until 1958. He died in Offenbach am Main in 1963 .

Act

Paul Wels' research interests focused in particular on the effects of X-rays on various cells and of ultraviolet radiation on the skin , as well as the pharmacological effects of irradiated substances. His students in Greifswald included Kurt Repke , Peter Holtz and Fritz Markwardt .

Paul Wels was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina from 1938 and was a full member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin from 1955 . In 1953/1954 he acted as chairman of the German Pharmacological Society, which also made him an honorary member.

literature

  • Wels, Paul . In: Werner Hartkopf:The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1992,ISBN 3-05-002153-5, p. 387.
  • Obituary for Paul Wels. February 2, 1890 to July 1, 1963. In: Yearbook of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1964, pp. 235/236
  • Athineos Philippu: History and work of the pharmacological, clinical-pharmacological and toxicological institutes in German-speaking countries. Berenkamp, ​​Innsbruck 2004, ISBN 3-85093-180-3 , pp. 279-281

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bundesarchiv Berlin R 73/15611 and Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv RH12 / 23/1715.
personal data
SURNAME Wels, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wels, Bruno Paul Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacologist and radiation biologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Binnenwalde , Goldap district , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1963
Place of death Offenbach am Main