Michael Joseph Rossbach (12 February 1842, Heidingsfeld – 8 October 1894,

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

) was a German clinician and

pharmacologist Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between ...

. He studied medicine at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1865. In 1869 he qualified as a lecturer in pharmacology at Würzburg, where in 1874 he became an associate professor. In 1882 became a full professor of special pathology and therapy and director of the medical clinic at the

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as a successor to

Hermann Nothnagel Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (; 28 September 1841 – 7 July 1905) was a German internist, born in Alt-Lietzegöricke, near Bärwalde in der Neumark, Neumark, Brandenburg. Career The son of a pharmacist, from 1858 to 1863 Nothnagel studi ...

. In 1892 he resigned his professorship at Jena for reasons of health. His name is associated with "Rossbach's disease", a gastric disorder better known as

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Selected works

With Nothnagel, he was co-author of "''Handbuch der Arzneimittellehre''" (from the 3rd edition onward); a textbook that was translated into English with the titl
"A treatise on materia medica : (including therapeutics and toxicology)"
Other noteworthy written efforts by Rossbach are: * ''Physiologie und Pathologie der menschlichen Stimme; auf Grundlage der neuesten akustischen Leistungen'', 1869 –

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and pathology of the human voice; based on the latest acoustic achievements. * ''Pharmakologische Untersuchungen'', 2 volumes 1873-76 – Pharmacological studies. * ''Lehrbuch der physikalischen Heilmethoden für Aerzte und Studirende'', 1882 – Textbook of physical healing methods for physicians and students. * ''Ueber den gegenwärtigen Stand der internen Therapie und den therapeutischen Unterricht an den deutschen Hochschulen'', 1883 – On the current state of internal therapy and therapeutic education at German universities.Most widely held works by M. J Rossbach
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rossbach, Michael Joseph 1842 births 1894 deaths People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Physicians from Würzburg Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Academic staff of the University of Jena German pharmacologists University of Würzburg alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Charles University alumni