Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
Hugo (Wilhelm) von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald.
He studied in Greifswald, at Berlin, and at Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to Erlangen as professor of pathology and director of the clinic, and in 1874 to Munich as director of the general hospital.
He made advances in electrotherapeutics, introduced the cold-water treatment for typhoid fever and lung inflammation, and became an authority on diseases of the larynx and digestive canal.
Among other works he published "Klinische Vorträge" (1887–1900). In collaboration with prominent specialists, he published his great "Handbuch der spediellen Pathologie und Therapie" (seventeen volumes, third edition, 1886 et seq.) and the "Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie" (four volumes, 1880–1884), both translated into English. He edited with Friedrich Albert von Zenker, the "Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin".
Terms
- Ziemssen's motor points—the places of entrance of motor nerves into muscles: they are points of election in the therapeutical application of electricity to muscles.
- Ziemssen's treatment—treatment of anemia by subcutaneous injections of defibrinated human blood.
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1938)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Works
- Pharmacopoea Clinici Erlangensis : kurze Anleitung zur Ordination der wichtigsten Arzneimittel ; mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Armenpraxis ; für klinische Praktikanten und angehende Armenärzte zusammengestellt . Besold, Erlangen 2. Aufl. 1874 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
External links
- IDREF.fr Extensive bibliography of Ziemssen.
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