Reinhard Ludewig

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Reinhard Ludewig (born October 4, 1923 in Dresden ; † November 30, 2016 ) was a German pharmacologist and toxicologist .

Live and act

Reinhard Ludewig grew up in Dresden. After the Second World War he studied medicine in Vienna and Erlangen . From 1953 he worked in Dresden as a general practitioner and in a laboratory in the Dresden pharmaceuticals factory . In 1956 he began working at the Pharmacological Institute of the University of Leipzig . There he completed his habilitation in 1963 with the thesis Experimental contribution to the epicutaneous and intraoral application of high-percentage hydrogen peroxide solutions.

In 1977 he was appointed lecturer and in 1979 professor for clinical pharmacology and toxicology. In his teaching, Reinhard Ludewig worked on closing the gap between pharmacotherapeutic teaching content, classical pharmacology and the clinical-toxicological disciplines. In 1984 he became director of the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig. In 1989 he retired .

Since his retirement he has devoted himself particularly to medical graphology and writing psychology. He examined handwritten texts by well-known personalities such as Ludwig van Beethoven , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach and tried to research the effects of poisons, the course of the disease and the causes of death by studying reports on their diseases.

Awards

Fonts

  • Experimental contribution to the epicutaneous and intraoral application of high-percentage hydrogen peroxide solutions. Habilitation thesis. University of Leipzig 1963.
  • with Karlheinz Lohs : Acute poisoning. Guide to toxicological emergencies. Fischer, Jena 1966.
    • Russian edition: Острые отравления. Medicina, Moscow 1983.
    • 11th edition: with Ralf Regenthal (Ed.): Acute poisoning and drug overdoses. Quick and background information on detection, course, treatment and prevention. Wissenschaftliche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-8047-3211-7 .
  • Staff: Stomatology Primer. A guide to the intraoral use of pharmaceuticals with information on drug therapy and the treatment of incidents in general dental practice. People and Health, Berlin 1978.
  • with Hans-Robert Böhme: Medicines and laboratory diagnostics. A critical guide for interpreting the results of clinical chemical laboratory tests under the influence of drugs. People and Health, Berlin 1981.
  • Co-author: Stomatological Pharmacotherapy. A guide to basic care. People and Health, Berlin 1984.
  • Dispute over the causes of the death of WA Mozart. A generally understandable pathography to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the composer's death (January 28, 1756– December 5, 1791) (= Annales Universitatis Saraviensis Medicinae / Supplement. Volume 8). Medical Faculty of the University of Saarland, Homburg / Saar 1992, ISBN 3-923818-11-4 .
  • Johann Sebastian Bach in the mirror of medicine. Waechterpappel, Grimma 2000, ISBN 3-933629-01-2 .
  • with Susanna Seufert: Beethoven, Hahnemann and the poison in wine. Special exhibition in cooperation with the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Leipzig, May 12, 2001 to September 2, 2001. Sächsisches Apothekenmuseum, Leipzig 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Leipziger Volkszeitung . 17th December 2016
  2. ^ Professor Reinhard Ludewig receives Order of Merit , press release of the University of Leipzig from January 13, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Ludewig, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacologist, toxicologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2016