Sigmund Theodor Stein

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Sigmund Theodor Stein (born April 2, 1840 in Burgkunstadt , † September 27, 1891 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German scientist and physician.

Life

Sigmund Theodor Stein was born as the eldest son of the rabbi and writer Leopold Stein . Having grown up in Frankfurt am Main since his second résumé, he studied chemistry and physics in Heidelberg and Munich as well as medicine in Erlangen, Würzburg, Prague and Berlin. In Munich he became a member of the Corps Bavaria in 1861 . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. in 1862 and Dr. med. in 1864 he established himself as a general practitioner in Frankfurt am Main. He took part in the German War as a royal Württemberg field hospital senior physician and in the Franco-German War as a royal Württemberg regimental senior physician. Like his father, he was the first Jew to be accepted into the Masonic lodge "for unity" of the eclectic covenant .

In 1880 he gave up his activity as a general practitioner in order to work exclusively scientifically and in neurological and electrotherapeutic consultative practice. In 1881 he founded the electrical engineering company in Frankfurt am Main. He was the editor of the Elektrotechnische Rundschau.

Stein is considered to be one of the pioneers in the use of photography in science. He developed an automatic device for displaying photographs without a darkroom, the Heliopiktor , a forerunner of the Polaroid camera, which he presented as Germany's delegate at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna. His technical developments included apparatus for photographing the pulse and sounds, as well as endoscopes for viewing the eye, ear, larynx and urethra. In 1878 he introduced a sphygmophone, a forerunner of the EKG. He did not live to see the International Electrotechnical Exhibition held in Frankfurt in 1891 at his instigation .

honors and awards

  • 1867, Württemberg war memorial
  • 1877, Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Württemberg Order of Frederick
  • 1877, Medal of Merit for Art and Science of the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha
  • 1877, Knight's Cross of the Belgian Order of the Leopold
  • 1878, appointment to the court counselor on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the University of Tübingen
  • 1878, Commander's Cross of the Orden de Isabel la Católica
  • 1885, elected member of the Leopoldina

Fonts

  • The urinary and blood passages of the mammalian kidney , 1865
  • The Trichinella Disease , 1873
  • The Photograph of Blood in the Service of Criminal Justice , 1877
  • The art of photography in the service of the natural sciences , 1877
  • The light in the service of scientific research, manual for the application of light and photography in natural science and medicine , 1877
  • The parasitic diseases of man. Volume 1 Developmental History and Parasitism of Human Cestodes , 1882
  • Sunlight and artificial light sources for scientific research for the purpose of photographic representation , 1884
  • Light in the service of scientific research, manual for the application of light, photography and the art of optical projection in natural history and medicine , 1884
  • The microscope and micrographic technology for the purpose of photographic representation , 2nd edition 1884
  • The light in the service of scientific research 2nd edition, 2 volumes, 1884 and 1886
  • The application of light and the art of photography to anatomical, physiological, anthropological and medical examinations , Volume 1 1885
  • Textbook on the general electrification of the human body , 3rd edition 1886
  • Photography in the service of astronomy, meteorology and physics , 1886
  • The art of optical projection as a support for science lessons , 1887
  • The Photogrammetry, Military Photography and Optical Projection Art , 1887
  • The photographic technique for scientific purposes , 2nd edition 1888

literature

  • Pagel: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Berlin, Vienna 1901, col. 1642–1643. ( Permalink )
  • Obituary. In: Photographische Rundschau , 5th year, issue 11, Knapp, Halle / S., 1891, pp. 381ff., ( Online ).

Web links

Wikisource: Sigmund Theodor Stein  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 104 , 782
  2. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Sigmund Theodor Stein
personal data
SURNAME Stein, Sigmund Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German natural scientist and physician
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgkunstadt
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1891
Place of death Frankfurt am Main