Salomon Eberhard Henschen

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Salomon Henschen

Salomon Eberhard Henschen (born February 28, 1847 in Uppsala , † December 16, 1930 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish doctor and internist with diverse interests and fields of work. He is one of the outstanding Swedish doctors of his time.

Life

Henschen first studied medicine in Uppsala from 1862, then turned to botany and worked in this subject from 1867 to 1969 in Brazil. He then continued the previously interrupted medical studies in Uppsala. First relocated to Stockholm in 1874, he went to Leipzig in 1877 to receive further training in internal medicine and microscopy . Returned to Sweden in 1878, he practiced in the seaside resort of Ronneby in the summer and worked in the Pathological Institute at Uppsala University in the winter . In 1882 he was appointed professor and head of the internal clinic in Uppsala. From 1900 until his retirement in 1912 he worked as an internist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He was particularly interested in diseases of the nervous system, on which he published many publications, including the eight volume work Clinical and Anatomical Contributions to the Pathology of the Brain (1890–1920, published by Almqvist & Wiksell, first in Uppsala, later also in Stockholm). Henschen is also considered to be the first to describe dyscalculia . In March 1923 he was an internist consultant at Lenin's bedside. Today, Henschen is mainly known as the first person to describe endurance-induced heart enlargement, the sports heart. He first noticed this in Finnish cross-country skiers and described it in 1899.

Henschen was honored many times. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1897, the Royal Science and Literature Society in Gothenburg since 1906 and an honorary member of several foreign professional societies. He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Uppsala (1900), Halle (1920) and Padua (1922).

literature

  • Friedrich Schultze: Salomon Eberhard Henschen † Journal of Neurology, Volume 120, Numbers 3–4, 111–116, doi : 10.1007 / BF01667965

Individual proof

  1. ^ SE Henschen: A medical sports study. Downhill skiing and ski racing . Mean Upsala Medical Clinic. Fischer, Jena 1899.
personal data
SURNAME Henschen, Salomon Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish doctor
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Uppsala
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1930
Place of death Stockholm