August Hirsch (4 October 1817, Danzig – 28 January 1894,

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) was a

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and medical historian.

Biography

He practiced in Danzig after studying at

and

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. In recognition of his studies on

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l fever and his work, ''Handbuch der historisch-geographischen Pathologie'', he was in 1863 made professor at Berlin. In 1873, he was a member of the German

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Commission, studied the conditions of Posen and West

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, and published a report (1874). He studied the plague in

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in 1879 and 1880, and in the latter year wrote a report to his Government.

Literary works

* ''Die grossen Volkskrankheiten des Mittelalters'', a revision of Hecker's collected writings, 1865 * ''Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte und Leistungen der Medizin'', with

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, 1866 et seq.
''Die Meningitis Cerebro-spinalis Epidemica''
1866 * ''Geschichte der Augenheilkunde'', 1877 * ''Handbuch der historisch-geographischen Pathologie'', 3 Vols., 1881-1886
''Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology''
3 Vols., 1883–1886, trans. by Charles Creighton
''Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte aller Zeit''
editor, 6 Vols., 1884-1888
''Geschichte der medizinischen Wissenschaften in Deutschland''
1893

References

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