Erik Adolf von Willebrand
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Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1 February 1870 – 12 September 1949) was a Finnish physician who made major contributions to hematology. Von Willebrand disease and von Willebrand factor are named after him. He also researched metabolism, obesity and gout, and was one of the first Finnish physicians to use insulin to treat a diabetic coma.
Von Willebrand qualified in medicine in 1896 from the University of Helsinki, where he received his Ph.D. in 1899. He worked at the University of Helsinki from 1900 until 1930. From 1908 until his retirement in 1933, he was the head of the department of medicine at the Deaconess Hospital in Helsinki, where he also was physician-in-chief from 1922 to 1931.
In 1924, Von Willebrand was consulted about a young girl with a bleeding disorder. He described this disorder in 1926, distinguishing it from
Early life and education
Von Willebrand was born on 1 February 1870 in
Von Willebrand attended Vaasa Lyceum, where he excelled in botany, chemistry and zoology. During this time, he spent his summers collecting botanical, lepidopterological and ornithological specimens, and his winters exploring the Gulf of Bothnia. After obtaining his baccalaureate in 1890, he began his studies at the University of Helsinki, then known as the Imperial Alexander University in Finland.[4]
Prior to qualifying as a physician in 1896,
He received his Ph.D. in 1899 from the University of Helsinki, for the thesis Zur Kenntnis der Blutveränderungen nach Aderlässen ("Blood Changes after Venesection").[6][7]
Career
After the completion of his dissertation in 1899, Von Willebrand was appointed chief physician at a spa in
Von Willebrand's interest in
Von Willebrand remained at the University of Helsinki until 1930.[11] He was physician-in-chief of the Deaconess Hospital from 1922 to 1931,[6][9] and became honorary professor in 1930.[6] He remained head of the Deaconess Hospital's department of medicine until his retirement in 1933.[9] Von Willebrand continued to publish articles after his retirement. On his 75th birthday, he released his last paper, entitled En genetisk blodsykdom blant innbyggerne på Åland ("A genetic blood disease amongst the islanders of Åland").[5]
Von Willebrand disease
In April 1924, Von Willebrand was consulted about Hjördis Sundblom, a five-year-old girl with a severe bleeding condition. Hjördis was the ninth of 11 children in a family from
He published a Swedish-language article in 1926 about the disease, titled Hereditär pseudohemofili ("Hereditary pseudohemophilia").
Von Willebrand published a German-language version of Hereditär pseudohemofili in 1931, which attracted international attention in the disease. Blood samples were sent to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and to several researchers in Europe, including Rudolf Jürgens in Leipzig.[5] Jürgens contacted Von Willebrand and together they conducted studies on his patients.[5] They also researched hemorheology, seeking to understand the underlying mechanism of bleeding disorders.[10] In 1933 they co-authored an account of the disease, renaming it "constitutional thrombopathy". Numerous papers were subsequently published on the disease and it became eponymously known as von Willebrand disease between the late 1930s and the early 1940s.[5][13]
In 1957, it was discovered that von Willebrand disease is caused by a deficiency of a protein in blood plasma that enables hemostasis.[14] The protein was characterised in 1971, and is known as von Willebrand factor.[15] Von Willebrand factor has two functions. Firstly, it is the carrier molecule for factor VIII, the anti-hemophilic factor. Secondly, it promotes the aggregation of platelets and attachment to the vessel wall.[15] In 2011, Jan van Gijn and Joost P. Gijselhart, writing in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, remarked that Von Willebrand was not far wrong when he named the disease "hereditary pseudohemophilia".[7]
Personal life and death
In his personal life, Von Willebrand was described as a mild-mannered and modest man.
Von Willebrand died on 12 September 1949, at the age of 79.[1][18] In 1994, he was commemorated with a stamp issued by Åland. The stamp was one in a set of two: the other commemorated Erik Jorpes, known for his pioneering work on heparin.[6]
Publications
The following list of publications is compiled from Lassila, R.; Lindberg, O. (2013). "Erik von Willebrand". Haemophilia. 19 (5): 645.[19]
- Schauman, Ossian; Von Willebrand, E. A. (1899). "Einige bemerkungen über die blutregeneration bei der Chlorose". Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift (in German). 1.
- Tallqvist, Theodor; Von Willebrand, E. A. (1899). "Zur Morphologie der weissen Blutkörperchen des Hundes und des Kaninchens". Skandinavisches Archiv für Physiologie (in German). 10.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1899). "Zur Kenntnis der Blutveränderungen nach Aderlässen" (Dissertation) (in German).
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(help) - Von Willebrand, E. A. (1901). "Eine Methode für gleichzeitige Combinationsfärbung von Bluttrockenprepataten mit Eosin und Methylenblau". Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (in German). 4.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1902). "Über die Kohlensäuren- und Wasserascheidung durch die haut des Mänchens". Skandinavisches Archiv für Physiologie (in German). 13: 337–358. .
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1902). "Om hetluftbehandlingens fysiologi". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 44: 435–456.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1902). "En universal färgningsmetod med eosin och metylenblätt". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 44: 543–552.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1903). "Om den lokala hetluftsbehandlingen enligt Biers metod". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 45: 197–218.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1903). "Om den moderna ljusbehandlingen". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 45: 435–456.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1903). "Morbus Addison med atrofi av binjurarna". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 45: 536–592.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1906). "Zur Physiologie und Klinik der Heissluftbehandlung". Skandinavisches Archiv für Physiologie (in German). 19: 123–161. .
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1906–1907). "Om fettsotens orsaker och dess behandling". Kliniska Föredrag Nord Tidsk Ther (in Swedish). 5: 129–137, 161–170, 199–212.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1907). "Ett fall av cerebral hemianopsi". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 49.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1907–1908). "Om giktens behandling". Kliniska Föredrag Nord Tidsk Ther (in Swedish). 6: 353–358.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1910). "Bidrag till kännedomen om meralgia paresthetica". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 52: 491–505.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1911–1912). "Om den konstitutionella fettsotens patogenes och behandling". Nord Tidsk Ther (in Swedish). 10: 132–143.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1911). "Om sockersjukans patogenes enligt nyare teorier". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 53: 363–370.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1912). "En metod for approximativ uppskattning af acetonkroppsmängden i urinen". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 54: 515–524.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1913). "Om behandlingen av diabetes med sockerlavemang". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 55: 412–423.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1914). "Kolhydratkurer och alkalibehandling vid diabetes mellitus". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 56: 1277–1334.
- Von Willebrand, E. A.; Cedercreutz, Axel (1915). "Lärebog i intern medicin". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (Book review) (in Swedish). 57: 210–219.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1918). "Till kännedom om den aplastiska anemien". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 60: 859–922.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1918). "Klinisk-statistiska studier ofver hjärtvalvelfelen". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 60: 1107–1143.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1922). "Perniziöse Anemie mit ungewöhnlichem Remissionsstadium". Acta Medica Scandinavica (in German). 56: 419–431. .
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1923). "Die gesundheitszustand bei Personen, die früher an Chlorose gelitten haben". Acta Medica Scandinavica (in German).
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1924). "Coma diabeticum- Insulinbehandling". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 66: 255–273.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1926). "Hereditär pseudohemofili". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 68: 87–112.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1931). "Über hereditäre pseudohämophilie". Acta Medica Scandinavica (in German). 76 (4–6): 521. .
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1933). "Hepatogen hemorrhagisk diates". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 75: 829–846.
- Von Willebrand, E. A.; Jürgens, Rudolf (1933). "Über ein neues vererbbares Blutungsübel:Die konstitutionelle Thrombopathie". Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin (in German). 175: 453–583.
- Von Willebrand, E. A.; Jürgens, Rudolf (1933). "Über eine neue Bluterkrankheit, die konstitutionelle thrombopathie". Klinische Wochenschrift (in German). 12 (11): 414. S2CID 30963231.
- Von Willebrand, E. A.; Jürgens, Rudolf; Dahlberg, Ulf (1934). "Konstitutionell trombopati, en ärftlig blodarsjukdom". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 76: 194–232.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1938). "Rasfrågor i modern belysning". Östnylandsk Ungdom (in Swedish): 5.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1939). "Rasfrågor i modern belysning II". Östnylandsk Ungdom (in Swedish): 3.
- Von Willebrand, E. A.; Olin, J. (1939). "Nyare erfarenheter om de hemorrhagiska diateserna". Nordisk Medicin (in Swedish). 2: 1743.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1941). "De hereditära trombopatierna". Nordisk Medicin (in Swedish). 12: 3317.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1942). "Om naturskyddet i Finland". Östnylandsk Ungdom (in Swedish).
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1942). "Svenskbygdens befolkningsfråga". Östnylandsk Ungdom (in Swedish).
- Lemberg, Bertel; Von Willebrand, E. A. (1939). "Naturstudier och naturskydd i Pernå skärgård". Finlands Natur (in Swedish). 1: 9.
- Von Willebrand, E. A. (1945). "En genetisk blodsykdom blant innbyggerne på Åland". Nordenskiöldsamfundets Tidskr (in Swedish). 5: 44–55.
References
- ^ a b Owen, Charles Archibald; Bowie, E. J. Walter; Thompson, John Harold (1975). The diagnosis of bleeding disorders (2nd ed.). Little, Brown and Company. p. 32.
- ^ Aminoff, Torsten Gregori (1937). Finlands ridderskaps och adels kalender (in Swedish). Frenckellska Tryckeri. p. 492.
- ^ a b c Ignatius, Jaakko (December 2014). "von WILLEBRAND, Erik". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
- ^ a b c d e Lassila & Lindberg 2013, p. 643.
- ^ ISBN 978-1447114154.
- ^ a b c d e f Shampo & Kyle 1996, p. 1088.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lassila & Lindberg 2013, p. 644.
- ^ a b Lassila & Lindberg 2013, p. 647.
- ^ Autio, Veli-Matti (2004). "Helsingin yliopiston opettaja- ja virkamiesmatrikkeli 1640-1917" (in Finnish). University of Helsinki.
- ^ Von Willebrand, E. A. (1926). "Hereditär pseudohemofili". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 68: 87–112.
- ^ a b Lassila & Lindberg 2013, p. 646.
- PMID 13497611.
- ^ S2CID 43463745.
- ISBN 978-0191027130.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (1977). Släktbok. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 5.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (1948–1951). "Erik Adolf von Willebrand". Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (in Swedish). 91–94: 74.
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Sources
- Lassila, R.; Lindberg, O. (2013), "Erik von Willebrand", Haemophilia, 19 (5): S3–S4, S2CID 11256355
- Shampo, Marc A.; Kyle, Robert A. (1996), "Erik von Willebrand—von Willebrand's Disease", PMID 8917294
- van Gijn, Jan; Gijselhart, Joost P. (2011), "Von Willebrand en zijn factor", Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (in Dutch), 155