Rudolf Emmerich
Rudolf Emmerich (born September 29, 1852 in Mutterstadt , † November 15, 1914 in Munich ) was a German hygienist.
Life
As a high school student , Emmerich took part in the Franco-German War and served in the medical corps until after the Battle of Sedan . He then made the Abitur at the grammar school at the Kaiserdom in Speyer . In the Empire , he began studying medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians University and joined the Rhine Palatinate of Cheerful Palatinate on. At his suggestion, the black Transrhenania was founded. As a Philistine with colors , he was accepted into the HKSCV on May 17, 1889 .
He passed the medical state examination in 1876 and was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . In 1877 he became 1st assistant at the Hygiene Institute of the University of Leipzig . In 1878 he went to Madeira to study . In the same year he took part in a competition advertised by the medical faculty. With Franz Brunner he investigated "the chemical changes in the Isar water during its course through Munich". The work was award-winning and brought him into relationship with Max von Pettenkofer , whose supporter he became. Habilitated in hygiene in 1881 , he was appointed to set up and head the research institute for food and hygiene in Lisbon in 1882.
Since 1884 1st assistant at Pettenkofer, Emmerich traveled to Naples on behalf of the Bavarian government to study cholera . In 1885 he was appointed private lecturer . In 1886 he went to Palermo on behalf of the Bavarian government . In 1889 he became an associate professor for hygiene.
When cholera broke out in Constantinople in 1895 , Sultan Abdülhamid II asked him to improve the hygienic conditions in the Ottoman Empire . In a self- experiment, Emmerich injected Vibrio cholerae and showed that the human-borne bacterium is less virulent than pathogens taken up from the soil.
In 1902 the LMU appointed him full professor . He was a member of the health council of the capital and residence city of Munich . In 1909 he went to St. Petersburg to study cholera . Afterwards he was an appraiser for authorities, the polytechnic association and private clients. In 1914 he briefly took part in the First World War as a bacteriologist , most recently as senior staff doctor. R. 1st class. As early as mid-October 1914, he was taken to a sanatorium , where he succumbed to a long-term illness at the age of 62. The New York Times reported on his death .
Orders and decorations
- Knight's Cross II. Class of the Bavarian Military Merit Order
- War memorial for the campaigns of 1870–71
- Centenary medal
- Landwehr service award 1st class
- Imperial Turkish Medal for Art and Science
- Osmanje Order III. class
- Bulgarian Order of Civil Merit III. class
- Knight IV class of the Order of Merit of St. Michael with a crown
Works (selection)
- Handbook of home hygiene.
Web links
- Overview of Rudolf Emmerich's courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1882)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 115/15
- ↑ a b c d The black connection Transrhenania. November 28, 1876 to June 25, 1880
- ↑ a b New York Times (November 18, 1914)
- ↑ Number of employees LMU summer semester 1913 (PDF; 14.1 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Emmerich, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hygienist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mother city |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1914 |
| Place of death | Munich |