Theodor von Jürgensen (11 April 1840 – 8 May 1907) was a German

internist Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of th ...

who was a native of

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. He studied medicine at the Universities of

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, Breslau and

Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...

, earning his doctorate in 1863. Afterwards he was a lecturer in

, where in 1869 he became an associate professor and head of its medical clinic. In 1873, he became a full professor of general

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and director of the local policlinic at

, a position he maintained until his death in 1907. Jürgensen specialized in research of

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumati ...

, and is remembered for his work involving treatment of

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and

measles Measles (probably from Middle Dutch or Middle High German ''masel(e)'', meaning "blemish, blood blister") is a highly contagious, Vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by Measles morbillivirus, measles v ...

Selected publications

* ''Klinische Studien über die Behandlung des Abdominaltyphus mittels des kalten Wassers'' (Studies on the treatment of abdominal

typhus Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash. Typically these begin one to two weeks after exposu ...

using cold water); (1866) * ''Die Körperwärme des gesunden Menschen'' (

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of healthy persons); (1873) * ''Kruppöse Pneumonie Katarrhalpneumonie'', in Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen's "Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie", (1874) * ''Antiphlogistische Heilmethoden, Blutentziehungen Transfusion'', in Ziemssen's "Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie", (1880) * ''Kruppöse Pneumonie: Beobachtungen aus der Tübinger Poliklinik'' (

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ous

: Observations from the Tübingen Polyclinic); (1883) * ''Mitteilungen aus der Tübinger Poliklinik'', (1886) * ''Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie'' (Textbook of special pathology and therapy); (1893) * ''Acute Exantheme: Allgemeines, Masern, Scharlach, Rötheln, Varicellen'' (Acute exanthema:

scarlet fever Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes'', a Group A streptococcus (GAS). It most commonly affects children between five and 15 years of age. The signs and symptoms include a sore ...

rubella Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus. This disease is often mild, with half of people not realizing that they are infected. A rash may start around two weeks after exposure and ...

, varicella); (1894–96) * ''Erkrankungen der Kreislaufsorgane, Insufficienz, Schwäche, des Herzens'' (Diseases of the circulatory organs: Insufficiency, weakness of the heart); (1899)

References

Zeno.org
translated biography @ Pagel:Biographical Dictionary

External links

* German internists People from Flensburg Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 1907 deaths 1840 births {{Germany-med-bio-stub