Rudolf Hahn (dermatologist)

Rudolf Christian Joachim Hahn (born May 23, 1863 at Gut Supponninek near Graudenz , West Prussia ; † June 10, 1934 in Sömmerda , Thuringia ) was a German dermatologist and politician in Hamburg.

Life

Born in West Prussia , Hahn passed the Abitur examination in 1884. He then studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the University of Jena and the Georg August University of Göttingen . In 1885 he was in the Corps Thuringia Jena and the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen recipiert . As an inactive he finished his studies at the Royal University of Greifswald . On April 17, 1890, he was licensed as a doctor in Jena . From June 1 to December 31, 1890 he worked as a resident country doctor in Argenau . Then he went to Hamburg , where he worked from May 1, 1891 to April 24, 1893 as an assistant doctor in a spa and detention center. In 1893 he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. and worked from May 1 to December 31, 1893 as a quarantine doctor in Cuxhaven and as assistant to Bernhard Nocht , who checked compliance with the hygienic regulations in the port of Hamburg .

From April 1, 1894 Hahn practiced as a resident doctor in Hamburg-Eilbek . At the same time he took on an external assistant position in the department for syphilis and venereal diseases at the General Hospital St. Georg . The dermatologist Julius Engel-Reimers trained him at this hospital as a specialist in skin diseases. On January 1, 1896, he was appointed secondary physician in the hospital's dermatological department. Hahn had been a citizen of Hamburg since February 25, 1898 . From January 7, 1911 to January 1, he also took over the position of senior physician at the reformatory for school-leavers . From March 1, 1911, he also headed the police department for prostitutes with sexually transmitted diseases at the General Hospital. So he temporarily monitored prostitution in Hamburg in a medical capacity. From 1914 to 1923 he headed a “welfare office for syphilis patients” of the state insurance institute of the Hanseatic cities, which was located in his private practice.

On March 23, 1932, at the age of 69, Hahn settled in Sömmerda. There he worked as a medical officer for the health insurance companies and as the hospital's administrative director. He died two years later.

Politics and associations

Hahn was involved in a variety of corporate politics: in November 1903 he was elected to the "Central Office for Health Insurance Matters". In 1907/08 he organized seminars for social medicine for the Hamburg branch of the Association of Doctors in Germany to protect their professional interests . On October 27, 1909, he was one of the founders of the "New Medical Association in Hamburg". From 1913 to 1919 he was a member of the board of the Hamburg Medical Association.

During the Weimar Republic , Hahn was a member of the executive committee of the German Society for Combating Venereal Diseases and, as the official police doctor, controlled venereal diseases of Hamburg prostitutes from 1922 to 1927. As a member of the DNVP and the Hamburg citizenship , he spoke out in favor of brothels in 1925 in the text The fight against prostitution and venereal diseases , which the German Economic Association published. The dermatologist said that the abolition of brothels in 1921/22 increased the number of sick people in Hamburg hospitals.

literature

• Christine Pieper: Hahn, Rudolf . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 171-172 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 62/640; 40/678