Samuel Sigmund Rosenstein

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Samuel Sigmund Rosenstein

Samuel Sigmund Rosenstein (born February 20, 1832 in Berlin , † January 31, 1906 in The Hague ) was a German medic .

Life

Samuel Sigmund was born the son of the rabbi Elchanan (Elkan) Rosenstein (born January 10, 1796 in Chodzież / South Prussia; † January 14, 1869 in Berlin) and his first wife Rachel (1798-1832). He attended the Friedrichswerder High School in his hometown and in 1850 moved to the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . Here he initially studied philosophy under Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg . He later switched to the medical sciences, with Rudolf Virchow , Johann Lukas Schönlein , Ludwig Traube and Bernhard von Langenbeck becoming his formative teachers. On August 25, 1854, he received his doctorate in medicine with the thesis De cyclopia inter animalia observata .

In 1856 he became an assistant doctor at the hospital in Danzig and in 1858 he settled as a doctor in Berlin. In 1863 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in his hometown and was appointed professor of medicine, pathology and forensic medicine at the University of Groningen on November 2, 1865 . He undertook this task with the speech on the relationship between science and practice in medicine with regard to the task of the clinic . He also took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1870/71. On January 7, 1873 he was appointed professor of medicine and pathology at the University of Leiden , which task he took on on May 2, 1873 with the speech Het tegenwoordig karakter der geneeskunde (Leiden 1873). Here he was also rector of the Alma Mater in 1887/88 , for which he gave the speech About de molecular ontwikkeling van de ein. Cellen in het Menschlijk organismus when resigning from the office . On September 23, 1902, he retired for reasons of age.

Rosenstein, who was also the personal physician of King Willem III , received numerous awards. So he became commander of the Order of the Dutch Lion , Commander of the Golden Lion of Nassau , from the German Emperor Wilhelm II. In 1902 he received the Red Eagle Order 3rd Class and an honorary doctorate from the Law Faculty of the University of Edinburgh . He was an honorary member of the Doctor's Society in Groningen, a member of the Natural and Medical Society in Amsterdam, a corresponding member of the Association for Internal Medicine in Berlin and an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.

family

Rosenstein was married to Frederika Morwitz (* 1835 in Danzig; † October 15, 1893 in Leiden). The children are known from marriage:

  • Anna Rachel Rosenstein (born March 1, 1867 in Groningen),
  • Paul Heinrich Rosenstein (born August 22, 1868 in Groningen), later a doctor in The Hague
  • Louise Theodora Rosenstein (born August 22, 1868 in Groningen)
  • Gertrud Jacoba Rosenstein (born September 18, 1870 in Groningen, † February 2, 1904 in Leiden) who on April 15, 1897 in Leiden Dr. med. in Cologne Alfred Leopold Oppenheim (born May 22, 1863 in Cologne) married.

Works (selection)

  • The pathology and therapy of kidney diseases. Berlin 1863, 1870, 1886, 1894. (Table of contents on: books.google.de )
  • The diseases of the endocardium. In: Zwiemssen's _Handbuch der spec. Pathology. Vol. VI (21st edition 1879)
  • About the connection between heart and kidney diseases. In: Virchov's archive.
  • On the etiology of parenchymal nephritis. In: Virchov's archive.
  • About diabetes mellitus. In: Virchov's archive.
  • About epilepsia saturnina. In: Virchov's archive.
  • On tuberculosis of the urinary organs. In: Berlin clinical weekly.
  • On the doctrine of the pulsus bigeminus. In: Berlin clinical weekly.
  • To the knowledge of the primary meningitis cerebri simplex. In: Berlin clinical weekly.
  • On the theory of the heart beat. In: German Archive for Clinical Medicine.

literature

  • Paul Henri Simon Thomas: ROSENSTEIN (Samuel Sigmund) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 4. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1169–1170 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1918, reprinted unchanged).
  • August Hirsch , Ernst Julius Gurlt : Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Vol. 5, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna / Leipzig, p. 85.
  • How is that? Uitgevers-Maatschaapij “Vivat”, Amsterdam 1902, p. 389.
  • Onze Hoogleeraren. Portretten en Biografieën. Nihgh & van Ditmar. Rotterdam 1898, p. 75.
  • CA SIEGENBEEK VAN HEUKELOM-LAMME. OCD IDENBURG-SIEGENBEEK VAN HEUKELOM: ALBUM SCHOLASTICUM, ACADEMIAE LUGDUNO-BATAVAE, MDLXXV — MCMXL. EJ Brill, Leiden 1941, p. 127.
  • JB: Prof. Dr. SS Rosenstein. In: Jaarboekje voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde van Leiden en Omstreken. Nautilus, Leiden 1907. (online at: oudleiden.nl , PDF; 4.1 MB)

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personal data
SURNAME Rosenstein, Samuel Sigmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1906
Place of death The hague