Wilhelm von Brehmer

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Wilhelm von Brehmer , Wilhelm Georg Baptist Alexander von Brehmer (born January 24, 1883 in Minden ; † October 22, 1959 (1958) in Kassel ) was a German pharmacist who dealt with alternative medicine without being a doctor himself. He worked in particular on viral diseases in plants and animals . Von Brehmer became known for his controversial views and hypotheses on the development of cancer and the pleomorphism of microorganisms (especially Corynebacterium parvum / Propionibacterium acnes ), which, however, are now of only historical significance. A blood test used in alternative medicine circles is named after him and a staining technique he developed: dark field blood diagnostics according to von Brehmer . This should be suitable for the early detection of cancer. To date, there is no scientifically neutral proof of suitability. Before the First World War he was also very active in botanical activity, his author's abbreviation is Brehmer .

Life

He completed his pharmacy studies in Berlin in 1909 , received his doctorate and in 1923 became head of the pathological-anatomical-microbiological laboratories in Berlin-Dahlem. He later moved to Nuremberg and worked at the Nuremberg Theresien Hospital (Paracelsus Institute). After leaving the civil service in 1937, he moved back to Berlin (Groß Glienecke) and later to Hamburg , where he did private research. In 1949 he founded the IFA - International Academy for Blood, Tumor and Infectious Diseases e. V. in Bad Kreuznach .

Hypotheses and research

Paid particular attention from Brehmer pH measurements of the blood , in particular measurements of pH directly on the subject, not in blood samples because it was believed that an air contact of the blood would distort the measured value. Contact with air would have a buffering effect on this measured value and the actual pH values ​​can therefore only be measured intravascularly or intracorporeally. He sat to one developed by the Berlin engineer Bocheler Sangui meter one, the intravascular pH allowed measurements. Brehmer was also of the opinion that the pH of the blood is dependent on the age of the person and this value for diagnosis of diseases , in particular cancers own. In his opinion, a basic (i.e. too high) pH value should always be measured in cancer patients.

In 1928 von Brehmer identified a microorganism in the blood that he named Siphonospora polymorpha , which was later classified as Corynebacterium parvum in 1960 . This germ, which is part of the skin flora , was subsequently referred to as Propionibacterium acnes , as it plays a role in acne . The name Siphonospora polymorpha was never recognized internationally. The biologist Günther Enderlein had also discovered this pathogen and named it Leptotrichia buccalis Robin (this pathogen was later also called Amoeba cachexia or Onkomyxa ). To prove it, he developed a suitable stain for blood tests. Von Brehmer reported noticeable changes in the shape of this bacterium as a function of the pH value. As a result, he described different manifestations of the bacteria, just as Enderlein had done before. There does not appear to have been any close collaboration between the two researchers. Von Brehmer was convinced that he was the first to describe this pathogen. According to Enderlein, however, this bacterium belonged to the so-called Mucor racemosus fresens - cyclode of his cyclogeny hypothesis, and today's supporters of Enderlein’s pleomorphism hypothesis also refer to von Brehmer’s reports for confirmation.

In the various growth forms of this bacterium, v. Brehmer an analogy to cell changes in the development of tumors . High pH values ​​and more developed forms of growth of Siphonospora polymorpha would be signs of cancer development. Von Brehmer was of the opinion that this bacterium was linked to the development of cancer. In 1931 and 1932 he published specialist articles in progress in medicine , in 1932 under the title Cancer - a pathogen disease . His view of cancer as an infectious disease met with stiff resistance from scientific circles. Scientific reviews in the following years (1933 and 1934) did not reveal any cancer-causing potency for Siphonospora p.

Therapeutic Concepts

During his time in Nuremberg, von Brehmer developed a drug (known as Siphonospora Vaccine) from Siphonospora polymorpha cultures , which he considered suitable for therapy in cancer patients as well as rheumatics . Trade names were Toxinal and Arthrisinal U . Similar preparations are still available from Sanum-Kehlbeck today. In addition to taking medication, the pH value and diet of the patient should be influenced. In the 1950s, von Brehmer worked on the further development of a vaccine (Friedmann 1912) made from turtles - tubercle bacilli , sclerotin , or Friedmann vaccine . The original inventor, Friedrich Franz Friedmann, fought unsuccessfully against this further development.

Darkfield blood diagnostics according to von Brehmer

With a dark field microscope , a blood sample from the patient is stained in oil immersion according to von Brehmer, or it remains unstained, and this is tested for Corynebacterium parvum (Siphonospora polymorpha) in the plasma or in the erythrocytes. The assessment of growth forms of the bacteria should provide information on a possible cancer. Von Brehmer tried in vain to enforce this procedure in clinics and medical practices.

In the laboratories that use this process, an attempt is made to identify the corresponding stage of the change in shape. There are seven different stages.

Only a few laboratories still carry out this diagnosis today. There is no scientific proof of suitability.

Since Propionibacterium acnes (alias Siphonospora p.) Is a typical component of the skin flora, it is easily possible to carry this germ into the smear when taking a blood sample.

Works

  • Cancer - a pathogen disease. In: Advances in Medicine. Vol. 50, No. 12, 1932, ISSN  0015-8178 , pp. 697-698.
  • The measurement of the hydrogen ion concentration (pH value) in the organism, a new diagnostic method. In: The Medical World. Vol. 7, No. 49, 1933, ISSN  0025-8512 , pp. 1737-1740.
  • "Siphonospora polymorpha" nova species, a new microorganism of the blood and its relationship to tumorigenesis. In: The Medical World. Vol. 8., No. 34, 1934, pp. 1179-1185.
  • Siphonospora polymorpha v. Br. In their importance for blood and tumor diseases with special consideration of cancer. Evidence of the causal pathogenesis of cancer through the Siphonospora polymorpha v. Br. Linck-Verlag Hermann Linck, Haag / Amper 1947.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to: Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 73 f.
personal data
SURNAME Brehmer, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and alternative medicine
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Minden
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1959
Place of death kassel