Joseph von Lindwurm

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Joseph von Lindwurm (9 April 1824 – 21 February 1874), [1] was a German physician and dermatologist born in Aschaffenburg.

Aschaffenburg Place in Bavaria, Germany

Aschaffenburg is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.

He studied medicine in Würzburg and Heidelberg, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1849. Afterwards, he worked as an assistant in the medical clinic at Würzburg, then furthered his education in Vienna and Paris. In Paris, he demonstrated through inoculation experiments that secondary syphilis was as contagious as primary syphilis. [2] In 1853 he became privat-docent at Munich, followed by an associate professorship several years later (1859). In 1863 he was appointed a full professor of dermatology and venereal diseases in Munich, later becoming director of the second medical clinic at the general hospital (1869). [3]

Würzburg Place in Bavaria, Germany

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is East Franconian.

Heidelberg Place in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Vienna Capital city and state in Austria

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A thoroughfare in Munich, Lindwurmstraße , is named in his honor. [4] His surname refers to the "Lindwurm" of German mythology.

Lindwurmstraße street in Munich, Germany

The Lindwurmstraße is a 2.4-kilometer poplar alley in the Munich districts Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt and Sendling.

Publications

Among his written works was a translation of William Stokes' "The Diseases of the Heart and Aorta" into German (Handbuch der Krankheiten des Herzens und der Aorta). [5] Other writings by Lindwurm are:

William Stokes (physician) Irish physician

William Stokes was an Irish physician, who was Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Dublin. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School with an MD in 1825 later returning the practice in Dublin at Meath Hospital. He went on to create two important works on cardiac and pulmonary diseases – A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest (1837) and The Diseases of the Heart and Aorta (1854) – as well as one of the first treatises on the use of the stethoscope. He emphasised the importance of clinical examination in forming diagnoses, and of ward-based learning for students of medicine.

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References

  1. ↑ Die Geschichte der venerischen Krankheiten, Volume 2 by Johann Karl Proksch
  2. ↑ BIUM History of Dermatology Symposium
  3. ↑ Die Binnendifferenzierung in deutschen Krankenhäusern bis zum ersten Weltkrieg by Justus Goldmann, Henning Marmulla, Barbara Randzio (biography in German)
  4. ↑ Monuments in Munich Lindwurmstraße
  5. ↑ William Stokes - bibliography @ Who Named It
  6. ↑ Publications copied from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia


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