Georg Richard Lewin
Georg Richard Lewin (19 April 1820 – 1 November 1896) was a German
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Fields | Dermatology |
Biography
Lewin was born in Sondershausen in the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (modern-day Thuringia), attending Gymnasium there and later in Magdeburg and Mühlhausen. He completed his Abitur in 1841.[1]
He was further educated at the universities of
In 1865 he became chief physician in the Syphilis and Skin Diseases Department at the
In 1880 Lewin became a member of the imperial department of health, and in 1884 received the title of "Geheimer Medicinalrat." In the same year, through the influence of Otto von Bismarck, Lewin's clinic was divided into two departments, Lewin retaining the class in syphilis, while Ernst Schweninger, Bismarck's physician, was appointed chief physician for dermatology. This action of the government aroused much indignation in the medical faculties of most of the universities of Germany, and much public sympathy was expressed for Lewin.
Publications
He was an industrious writer, and contributed many essays to the medical journals:
- "Klinik der Krankheiten des Kehlkopfes," 2d ed., Berlin, 1863;
- "Inhalationstherapie und Krankheiten der Respirationsorgane," 2d ed., ib. 1865;
- "Behandlung der Syphilis Durch Subcutane Sublimatinjectionen," ib. 1869.
References
- ^ a b "Lewin, Georg Richard - Altmeyers Enzyklopädie - Fachbereich Dermatologie". www.altmeyers.org (in German). 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ "Biografie, Georg Richard Lewin". www.sammlungen.hu-berlin.de. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Georg Richard Lewin (1869). Die Behandlung der Syphilis mit Subcutaner Sublimat-injection (in German). unknown library. A. Hirschwald.
Pagel, Biog. Lex.; Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
- 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.
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