Peter Schleiff

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Peter Schleiff (born November 19, 1910 in Halle (Saale) ; † June 1, 2011 in Quedlinburg ) was a German dermatologist and venereologist.

Life

As the son of a dermatologist and a teacher, Schleiff studied medicine from 1930 at the University of Zurich , the Friedrich University of Halle , the Hessian Ludwig University of Gießen ( Physikum ) and the Friedrich Schiller University . In 1932 he joined the Corps Thuringia Jena with his brother Arnold Schleiff , which later awarded him honorary membership. In the same year he also became a member of Thuringia's cartel corps Hassia Gießen . After he had passed the state examination in Halle in 1935 and was awarded a Dr. med. After receiving his doctorate , he began his dermatological training on January 1, 1937 with Walther Schönfeld in the Heidelberg University Hospital . As a newly qualified specialist , he took care of the branch office with 80 beds in Neuwied , then a hospital with 240 beds in Bitche , Lorraine . He came to the Western Front in 1944/1945 . During Operation Overlord , he became a British prisoner of war. As a camp doctor, he mainly cared for venerological patients. As a lecturer at the Medical Academy for German prisoners of war , he gave lectures to medical students on dermatology and venereology.

When he got home in July 1948, both Halle and Halberstadt (his grandparents' town) had been destroyed. In the 60-year-old Quedlinburg Hospital , a ward for venereal disease was housed in a former barn. On August 1, 1948, Schleiff was commissioned to turn it into a clinic. As chief physician with a monthly salary of 250 German marks , he managed to set up a dermatology clinic with 70 beds, X-rays , laboratories , bathing and cosmetics departments in the villa of a former seed breeding company. He was a district venerologist and district lupus doctor for the Halle district and was appointed senior medical officer. Retired in 1977, he ran a small private practice in his house until he was 98. He was involved in the Evangelical Church and the Quedlinburg Rotary Club .

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  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 66/1247; 174/1095
  2. ↑ Dissertation: Experiences with the KBR and Go.-MKR in the centrifugation method for gonorrhea. Lippl, Heidelberg 1936 (dissertation, University of Heidelberg, February 1, 1937).
personal data
SURNAME Schleiff, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dermatologist and venereologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2011
Place of death Quedlinburg