Werner Schüttmann

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Werner Schüttmann (born September 9, 1914 in Dresden , † October 23, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German specialist in internal diseases, occupational hygiene and radiation protection medicine.

Schüttmann completed internal training at the Reichenbach District Hospital in Vogtland . The resulting commercial medical examinations took him to the German Central Institute for Occupational Medicine (ZAM) in Berlin-Lichtenberg, where he was also chief physician in the internal department, where he dealt with work-related infectious diseases and radiation damage as well as toxic liver diseases and completed his habilitation in 1965.

In 1970 he built a modern medical structure in the State Center for Radiation Protection (later the State Office for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection ) as medical director in Berlin-Karlshorst . In 1976 he became an honorary professor at Humboldt University.

After his retirement in 1978 he devoted himself to the biological effects of the radioactive noble gas radon : on the one hand as the cause of the " Schneeberg lung disease ", on the other hand as an effective cure remedy. He also dealt with the history of occupational medicine, radiation protection and radiation research. He wrote 140 publications and book chapters.

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SURNAME Schüttmann, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East German specialist in internal diseases, occupational hygiene and radiation protection medicine
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 2000
Place of death Berlin