Rolf Bertolini

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Rolf Bertolini (born January 9, 1927 in Leipzig ; † April 1, 2006 there ; full name Rolf Hugo Pietro Bertolini ) was a German anatomist .

life and work

Rolf Bertolini was born in Leipzig in 1927. The son of the businessman Wilhelm Bertolini attended the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium . From 1947 to 1952 he studied human medicine at the University of Leipzig . In 1952 he received his doctorate in Leipzig . After a year as a clinician, he turned to morphology . From 1953 to 1955 he worked as an assistant at the Anatomical Institute in Leipzig and from 1955 to 1956 at the Pathological Institute in Greifswald . He then returned to Leipzig and was habilitated here in 1959 under Kurt Alverdes (1896–1959) for the subject of anatomy .

After Alverdes' death in 1959, Rolf Bertolini initially took over the provisional management of the Anatomical Institute in Leipzig. In addition, between 1960 and 1961 he was director of the Anatomical Institute of the Medical Academy Magdeburg , where a pre-clinical course had also been set up from 1960. Once a week Bertolini and his assistants Joachim Fröhlich and W. Kirchner came to Magdeburg with models and teaching boards to give lectures to around 120 students. The double burden only changed when Martin Meyer was appointed to Magdeburg on September 1, 1961 . Bertolini was appointed director of the Anatomical Institute in Leipzig in 1961, which he headed until 1980. He was also Vice Dean for Student Affairs from 1967 to 1969 and Deputy Director for Education from 1969 to 1972. His pupil Joachim Fröhlich switched to the Magdeburg Anatomical Institute, which he temporarily headed after the death of Alfred Dorn in 1987. In 1980 Rolf Bertolini was appointed to the chair for anatomy at the Humboldt University in Berlin and was appointed director of the anatomical institute. His successor in Leipzig was Gerald Leutert (1929–1999). His student Dietmar Wendler (1935–2000) followed him to Berlin before he was appointed to the Magdeburg Medical Academy in 1988 . Bertolini headed the Berlin Institute until 1986. Scientifically, he dealt with a large number of embryological questions and worked on research topics on the female and male genitals. Rolf Bertolini died on April 1, 2006 in Leipzig.

Fonts (selection)

Rolf Bertolini published 73 scientific papers and was author or co-author in 18 books and book chapters. He continued the "Guide to the History of Human Development" founded by Horst Boenig and the textbook "Basics of Anatomy" published by Kurt Alverdes . Together with Gerald Leutert , he wrote an “Atlas of Human Anatomy” in three volumes.

  • A contribution to the Ectopia cordis pectoralis. Dissertation . University of Leipzig 1952.
  • Histological findings on the blood vessels of the clitoris. Habilitation . University of Leipzig 1959.
  • with Horst Boenig: Guide to the history of human development. Thieme, Leipzig 1960.
  • with Kurt Alverdes: Basics of Anatomy. Thieme, Leipzig 1968.
  • with Gerald Leutert: Atlas of Human Anatomy - according to systematic and topographical points of view. Thieme, Leipzig 1978 and Springer, Berlin 1978.
  • Systematic human anatomy. People and Health, Berlin 1979 and Fischer, Stuttgart 1979.

literature

  • Wolfgang Schmidt: Obituary for Prof. Dr. med. habil. Rolf Bertolini. In: Ärzteblatt Sachsen. 8/2006, p. 235. ( online , PDF document; 54 kB)
  • Wolfgang Schmidt: In memoriam. Rolf Bertolini. In: Ann Anat. 189 (2007), pp. 549-553. PMID 18077998 , doi: 10.1016 / j.aanat.2006.06.005
  • Hermann-Josef Rothkötter: In memory of Professor Dr. Rolf Bertolini - Pointing the way in anatomy. In: Magdeburg University Hospital currently. 5 / October 2006, 5th ( online , PDF document; 2.1 MB)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Queen-Carola-Gymnasium Leipzig: Teachers and pupils directory 1937 to 1938. Leipzig 1938.
personal data
SURNAME Bertolini, Rolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertolini, Rolf Hugo Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2006
Place of death Leipzig