Siegfried Bettmann (dermatologist)

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Siegfried Bettmann (born June 16, 1869 in Bayreuth , † October 19, 1939 in Zurich ) was a German dermatologist and university professor.

Life

Bettmann was born on June 16, 1869 to Jewish parents in Bayreuth. In 1888 he began studying medicine in Heidelberg , spent the winter semester of 1890/91 in Berlin and then returned to Heidelberg. In 1893 he received his doctorate from the psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin and finally in 1897 his habilitation . From 1894 to 1895 Bettmann was an assistant at the Heidelberg Polyclinic under Oswald Vierordt , then until 1908 as an assistant under Wilhelm Erb (1840–1921) at the Medical University Clinic. From 1899, Erb transferred the care of dermatological and venerological patients to Bettmann. In 1904 he was given a teaching position in this field and from August 15, 1908, he held an extraordinary professorship and the position of director of the Heidelberg Dermatology Clinic. In 1919 he held the Heidelberg chair for skin and venereal diseases. From 1924 to 1925 he was dean of the medical faculty.

In April 1933 a boycott of the private medical practice was called. Bettmann's son Hans-Walter committed suicide on April 1, 1933, after he had been announced that he would be dismissed as a court assessor for “racial” reasons and the call for a boycott and slogans had stood on the door of his parents' house. In October 1934 Siegfried Bettmann felt compelled to apply for his retirement . This was granted in November, but the resolution was later withdrawn and converted into the revocation of teaching permits and retirement on April 1, 1935. Bettmann intended to emigrate to the USA with his wife Rosa (née Friedmann). In March 1939 he left Germany via Switzerland, where he died on October 19, 1939 in Zurich.

Commemoration

Stumbling block for Siegfried Bettmann

On the wall of the grave chapel of the Protestant cemetery in Sils Maria , a grave slab commemorates the Heidelberg dermatologist Bettmann.

On November 20, 2014, several stumbling blocks were laid in Heidelberg for Siegfried Bettmann and his family .

Publications

  • The medical supervision of the prostitute . In: Moritz Fürst, Franz Windscheid (Hrsg.): Handbook of social medicine . tape 7 . Fischer, Jena 1905 (280 pages).
  • Introduction to Dermatology . Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1914 (186 pages).
  • Skin diseases . G. Thieme, Leipzig 1922 (189 pages).
  • Sex life and hygiene: upbringing - marriage - venereal diseases - prostitution - personal Prophylaxis . S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1923 (132 pages).

literature

  • Axel Bauer: Bettmann, Siegfried, dermatologist . In: Bernd Ottnad; Commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Badische Biographien, New Series, Volume 3 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-17-009958-2 , pp. 44 f .
  • Entry Prof. Dr. med. Siegfried Bettmann . In: Norbert Giovannini; Claudia Rink; Frank Moraw: Remember, preserve, commemorate: the Jewish residents of Heidelberg and their relatives 1933-1945 . Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88423-353-5 , p. 51 .
  • Entry Bettmann, Siegfried . In: Dagmar Drüll: Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1803-1932 . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 1986, ISBN 3-642-70760-2 , p. 20 .
  • Martin Hartmann: 100 years of the Heidelberg Dermatology Clinic . In it section Siegfried Bettmann [1]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry Prof. Dr. med. Siegfried Bettmann in: Norbert Giovannini; Claudia Rink; Frank Moraw: Remember, preserve, commemorate: the Jewish residents of Heidelberg and their relatives 1933-1945 . Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-88423-353-5 , p. 51 f .
  2. ↑ a b c Axel Bauer: Bettmann, Siegfried, dermatologist . In: Bernd Ottnad; Commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Badische Biographien, New Series, Volume 3 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 978-3-17-009958-6 , pp. 44 f .
  3. ↑ a b Heidelberg University Hospital, Press and Public Relations: Stumbling block for the founder of the University Dermatology Clinic, press release 2014/161 from November 14, 2014
  4. ^ Stumbling blocks Heidelberg - the Bettmann family. (PDF) Retrieved January 24, 2017 . , PDF
personal data
SURNAME Bettmann, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dermatologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1939
Place of death Zurich