Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen

Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen

Hugo (Wilhelm) von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald.

He studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald, Berlin, and Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to the University of Erlangen as a professor of pathology and therapy as well as the director of the medical clinic. In 1874 he relocated to Munich as a professor and director of the general hospital.[1]

He made advances in electrotherapeutics, conducted research on cold-water treatment for typhus and lung inflammation, and became an authority on diseases of the larynx and esophagus.[1]

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.[2]

Gravesite of Hugo Ziemssen at Alter Südfriedhof in Munich

Published 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

Among other works he published "Klinische Vorträge" (1887–1900). In collaboration with prominent specialists, he published:

• "Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie" (1874-1885, 28 volumes); translated into English and published as: "Cyclopaedia of the practice of medicine" (1874-81, 20 volumes);[3] third German edition (16 volumes, 1886-88).[4]
• "Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie" (four volumes, 1880–84); translated into English and published as: "Handbook of general therapeutics" (1885–87).[5]

From 1865 onwards, with Friedrich Albert von Zenker, he edited the journal "Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin".[1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Ziemsen, Hugo Wilhelm von". New International Encyclopedia. Vol. 20 (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

1. Thibaut - Zycha, Volume 10 edited by Walther Killy
2. ::Dorland's Medical Dictionary (1938)
3. Cyclopaedia of the practice of medicine OCLC WorldCat
4. Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie OCLC WorldCat
5. Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie OCLC World Cat

External links

• IDREF.fr Extensive bibliography of Ziemssen.