Benno Baginsky (24 May 1848 in Ratibor – 1919) was a German physician specializing in the field of

otorhinolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

. He was a younger brother to

pediatrician Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth ...

Adolf Aron Baginsky Adolf Aron Baginsky (May 22, 1843 – 15 May 1918) was a German professor of diseases of children at Berlin University. He was an older brother to otorhinolaryngologist Benno Baginsky (1848-1919).Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, obtaining his doctorate in 1870. Following service as a physician in the

Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 Janua ...

, he began practicing medicine and soon found himself specializing in diseases of the ear, nose and

larynx The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ (anatomy), organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal ...

. In 1884 he became a

privat-docent ''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualifi ...

otology Otology is a branch of medicine which studies normal, pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing). Otology also studies vestibular sensory systems, related structures and functions, as well as their diseases, diagnosis and trea ...

rhinology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

and

laryngology Laryngology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders, diseases and Trauma (medicine), injuries of the larynx, colloquially known as the voice box. Laryngologists treat disorders of the larynx, including diseases that affects the voice, swa ...

at the

University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

, and in 1897 received the title of professor.Biography
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Among his assistants at Berlin was fellow otorhinolaryngologist

Jacob Katzenstein Jacob Katzenstein (January 7, 1864 – September 3, 1921) was a German otorhinolaryngologist born in Preußisch Oldendorf. He studied medicine in Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau, earning his doctorate in 1888. Afterwards he worked as assistant to ...

(1864–1921).

Publications

He was the author of numerous articles in various scientific journals — ''Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie'', ''Archiv für Physiologie'', ''Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie'', ''Archiv für Pathologie und Anatomie'', ''

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift The ''Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift'' (''German Medical Weekly'') (''DMW'') is a German medical journal established in 1875 by . In the 1980s it was ranked 10th in the world in terms of its impact factor, but in the succeeding two decades the ...

'', ''Archiv für Ohrenheilkunde'' and ''

Revue Neurologique The ''Revue neurologique'' (''Neurological Review'') is a French neurological and psychiatric medical journal. It was established in 1893 with Jean-Martin Charcot as adviser. Today it is the official journal of the Société Française de Neurolo ...

''. He also made contributions to

Albert Eulenburg Albert Eulenburg (; 10 August 1840 – 3 July 1917) was a German neurologist born in Berlin. Education Born into a Jewish family, he studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Bern and Zurich, earning his doctorate in 1861. Among his instr ...

's ''Real-Encyclopädie der gesammter Heilkunde''. The following are a few of his principal works: * ''Die Rhinoskopischen Untersuchungs- und Operationsmethoden'', 1879 - Rhinoscopic investigations and surgical methods. * ''Zur Physiologie der Gehörschnecke'', 1883 - The physiology of the

cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.75 turns around its axis, the modiolus (cochlea), modiolus. A core component of the cochlea is the organ of Cort ...

. * ''Über den Ursprung und den centralen Verlauf des Nervus acusticus des Kaninchens'', 1888 - Origin and course of the

acoustic nerve The vestibulocochlear nerve or auditory vestibular nerve, also known as the eighth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VIII, or simply CN VIII, is a cranial nerve that transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the bra ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baginsky, Benno 1848 births 1919 deaths Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin 19th-century German Jews German otolaryngologists People from Racibórz Physicians from the Province of Silesia