Sándor Korányi

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Bronze medal 1963 undated Prof. SÁNDOR KORÁNYI

Baron Sándor Korányi von Tolcsva (born June 18, 1866 in Pest , † April 12, 1944 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian-Jewish medic . His name was also Baron Alexander von Korányi, Baron Sándor Korányi de Tolcsva, Báró Tolcsvai Korányi Sándor , Baron Sándor von Korányi and Baron Tolcsvai Korényi Séndor .

He coined and defined the term renal failure in 1897 . In 1906 he was a founding member of the German Society for Urology . In 1897 he developed cryoscopy, the first method for testing kidney function.

Life

He is from Budapest , Hungary, and was born in Pest on June 18, 1866. His father was Friedrich von Korányi , an internist at the University of Budapest . After completing his medical degree at the University of Budapest, Sándor Korányi studied at the University of Strasbourg in Alsace with Friedrich Leopold Goltz . He died in Budapest on April 12, 1944.

Act

After his return from Strasbourg in 1890, Sándor Korányi worked as the head of the Institute for Veterinary Physiology in Budapest. In 1893 he completed his habilitation in internal medicine at the University of Budapest, where he became an associate professor in 1900 . From 1895 he worked at the Budapest City Hospital. In 1909 he became director of the 3rd Medical Department as a full professor .

Honors

In 1925 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sándor Korányi in: Whonamedit? A dictionary of medical eponyms , accessed February 6, 2013.
  2. ^ Franz Volhard : Opening speech to the 42nd Congress of Internists in Wiesbaden in 1930, in: Hans Erhard Bock , Karl Heinz Hildebrand, Hans Joachim Sarre : Franz Volhard - Recollections , Schattauer Verlag , Stuttgart, New York 1982, ISBN 3-7845-0898- X , p. 84.
  3. ↑ Heinz Krosch: Pro memoria Franz Volhard , in: Hans Erhard Bock , Karlheinz Hildebrand, Hans Joachim Sarre : Franz Volhard - memories , Schattauer Verlag , Stuttgart, New York 1982, ISBN 3-7845-0898-X , S. 195th
  4. ^ Sándor Korányi: Contributions to the theory and therapy of renal insufficiency , in: Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift , Edition 36, 1899.
  5. ^ Johanna Bleker : The history of kidney diseases , Boehringer Mannheim 1972, p. 119.
  6. ^ Member entry of Sándor Korányi at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 6, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Korányi, Sándor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koranyi, Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian medic
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH pest
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1944
Place of death Budapest