Rudolf Demme (doctor)

Hermann Rudolf Demme (born June 12, 1836 in Bern ; † June 16, 1892 there ) was a Swiss doctor .

Life

Demme was the son of Hermann Askan Demme and Julia Anna Hünerwadel, studied medicine in Bern and Vienna , where he in 1859 when Josef Hyrtl Dr. med. received his doctorate. In 1861 he became a lecturer in paediatrics and physical diagnostics, from 1862 to 1892 he was director of the Jenner Children 's Hospital , in 1874 honorary professor, in 1877 associate professor, in 1887 professor of paediatrics at the University of Bern and from 1887 also for pharmacology . Demme was an internationally respected pediatrician and author of numerous medical publications.

Works

• The arterial vascular system of Acipenser ruthenus. A contribution to the comparative anatomy of the ganoids. Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1860 (dissertation; full text in the Google book search).

literature

• Urs Boschung: Demme, Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• M. Stooss: Rudolf Demme . In: 29th medical report on the activities of the Jenner Children's Hospital. Bern 1895.
• Collection of Bernese biographies. Vol. 3 (1898), pp. 518-529.
• Demme, Rudolf . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 4, p. 926.
• Peter Sommer, Fritz Leu: The Jenner Children's Hospital in Bern 1862–1962. The Jenner Foundation 1963–1977. Stämpfli, Bern 1978, ISBN 3-7272-9230-X .