Bernhard Naunyn

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Bernhard Naunyn (1839–1925)

Bernhard Naunyn (2 September 1839 – 26 July 1925) was a German

pathologist, born in Berlin
.

Biography

After receiving his degree at the

Dorpat (1869–1871), Bern (1871–1872), Königsberg (1872–1888), and Strasbourg, where he also taught at the Imperial University
(1888–1904).

Naunyn is remembered for his work in

hydrocarbons
in the body had the ability to perform chemistry that was not possible for chemists to achieve in a conventional laboratory.

With

Archiv für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie (now published as Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology), and in 1896 with surgeon Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850–1905) he founded Mitteilungen aus dem Grenzgebieten der Medizin und Chirurgie. A famous student of Naunyn's was Otto Loewi (1873–1961), who was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
in 1936.

His grave is preserved in the

New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor
.

Cholelithiasis and diabetes research

Naunyn made contributions in his research of

bile pigment formation was a function of liver cells alone, however this theory was later disproved by John William McNee in 1913.[2]

Naunyn proposed a strict

Cantani system who locked patients in their rooms for months at a time when necessary for them to abstain from sugar.[4] Frederick Madison Allen described Naunyn as a "champion of strict carbohydrate-free diet in a German medical congress where most of the speakers opposed it".[4][5]

In 1889, it was noted that "Naynyn, who, in accordance with the principles of Cantani, demands the strictest meat-diet."[6] However, Naunyn later relaxed his dietary treatment based on the tolerance of caloric and carbohydrate requirements for each patient.[7] In 1906, Naunyn was the first to use the term "acidosis", by which he meant the accumulation of ketone bodies.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ WorldCat Search A treatise on cholelithiasis
  2. Who Named It
  3. ^ Zinman et al. (2017). Diabetes Research and Care Through the Ages. Diabetes Care 40 (10): 1302-1313.
  4. ^ a b Allen, Frederick M; Stillman, Edgar; Fitz, Reginald (1919). "Total Dietary Regulation in the Treatment of Diabetes" (PDF). Monograph of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. 11: 37.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ISBN 978-1350056862
  6. ^ Schnee, Emil. (1889). Diabetes: Its Cause and Permanent Cure. London: H. K. Lewis. p. 138
  7. ^ Duncan, Garfield George. (1951). Diabetes Mellitus: Principles and Treatment. Saunders. p. 9
  8. doi:10.1111/j.0954-6820.1946.tb02148.x
    .
  9. ISBN 9780801629488

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