Albert Fraenkel (1848–1916)

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For the German physician of the same name who lived from 1864-1938, see Albert Fraenkel.
Albert Fraenkel

Albert Fraenkel (10 March 1848,

Frankfurt/Oder – 6 July 1916, Berlin) was a German physician
.

He received his education at the

Adolph Kussmaul, Ludwig Traube and Ernst Viktor von Leyden in Berlin, he settled in the German capital, becoming a lecturer
at the university in 1877. He was a nephew of Traube, the third volume of whose "Gesammelte Beiträge zur Pathologic und Physiologic" he published in 1878. Fraenkel received the title of professor in 1884, and became director of the medical department of the Am Urbanplatz Hospital, Berlin.

Literary works

Following in the footsteps of Traube, Fraenkel's first works were on experimental pathology, among them being the following:

  • "Ueber den Einfluss der Verminderten Sauerstoffzufuhr zu den Geweben auf den Eiweiszerfall ()", in Virchow's "Archiv," vol. lxvii;
  • with Ernst Viktor von Leyden, "Ueber die Grösse der Kohlensäureausscheidung im Fieber", ib. vol. lxxvi;
  • with J. Geppert, "Ueber die Wirkungen der Verdünnten Luft auf den Organismus", Berlin, 1873;

After becoming lecturer at the university his field of special research was the

lungs and the heart
. Of his essays and works in this area may be mentioned:

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [1]
By Isidore Singer and Frederick T. Haneman
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