Abraham Lissauer (29 August 1832 – 29 September 1908) was a German physician and

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born in Berent,

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(today-

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, Poland). He was the father of

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Heinrich Lissauer Heinrich Lissauer (12 September 1861 – 21 September 1891) was a German neurologist born in Neidenburg (today Nidzica, Poland). He was the son of archaeologist Abraham Lissauer (1832–1908). He studied at the Universities of Heidelberg, Be ...

(1861–1891). He studied at the Universities of

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and

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, gaining his medical doctorate in 1856. From 1856 to 1863 he practiced medicine in Lautenburg and

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, and afterwards was a physician in Danzig. During his spare time he performed research in the fields of

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and archaeology. In 1892 he relocated to Berlin, where he dedicated his time entirely to scientific research. Here he became custodian and

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of the Anthropological Society of Berlin. Among his publications are works on archaeology as well as medicine: * ''Zur Antipyretischen Behandlung des Typhus Abdominalis'', in

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's Archiv, liii. * ''Ueber den Alkoholgehalt des Bieres'', 1865 * ''Ueber das Eindringen von Canalgasen in die Wohnräume'', 1881 * ''Untersuchungen über die Sagittale Krümmung des Schädels'', 1885 * ''Die Prähistorischen Denkmäler der Provinz West-Preussen'', (Antiquities of the

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in the

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), 1887 * ''Altertümer der Bronzezeit in der Provinz West-Preussen'' (Prehistoric monuments in the Province of West Prussia), 1891

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1832 births 1908 deaths Prussian physicians People from Kościerzyna People from the Province of Prussia 19th-century German Jews German archaeologists Archaeologists from the Kingdom of Prussia 19th-century German physicians {{Germany-academic-bio-stub