Martin Benno Schmidt

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Martin Benno Schmidt (23 August 1863 – 27 November 1949) was a German

pathologist born in Leipzig
.

He spent several years as an assistant at the University of Strasbourg, where he worked under Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833-1910). In 1906 he became a professor of pathology at the medical academy in Düsseldorf, and afterwards worked as a pathologist in Zurich and Marburg. In 1913 he succeeded Richard Kretz (1865-1920) as professor of pathology at the University of Würzburg, a position he maintained until his retirement in 1934.

Schmidt specialized in pathological investigations of bone disorders such as

iron metabolism
.

Published works

With pathologist Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942), he published a treatise on pyelonephritis called Die Pyelonephritis in anatomischer und bakteriologischer Beziehung. Other noted works by Schmidt include:

  • Die Verbreitungswege der Karzinome und die Beziehung generalisierter Sarkome zu den leukämischen Neubildungen, Jena 1903 - Schmidt supported the theory of the hematogenous origin of carcinoma metastases.
  • Ueber Typhus abdominalis, 1907 – About abdominal typhus.
  • Die anatomischen Grundlagen der Immunität und Disposition bei Infektionskrankheiten, 1908 – The anatomical basis of immunity and disposition for
    infectious diseases
    .
  • Der einfluss Eisenarmer und eisenreicher Nahrung auf Blut und Körper, 1928 – The influence of iron-low and iron-rich food for blood and body.[3]

References

  1. ^ Google Books Encyclopedia of Human Genetics and Disease by Evelyn B. Kelly
  2. PMID 22848326
    .
  3. ^ Google Search (publications)