Paul Morawitz
Paul Morawitz | |
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Born | 1879 Saint Petersburg |
Died | 1936 (aged 56–57) Leipzig |
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Paul Oskar Morawitz (April 3, 1879 in
St. Petersburg – July 1, 1936) was a German internist and physiologist whose most important work was in studying the coagulation of blood
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After completing his medical studies at
Freiburg im Breisgau. He progressed to become the Ordinarius and Director of the Medical inpatients at Greifswald in 1913, and in 1921 he took up a position in Würzburg. Finally, in 1926, he assumed the chair of Medicine in Leipzig. He died aged 57 of a heart attack.[1]
Morawitz was a pioneer in the study of coagulation, and a 1905 landmark paper
He is commemorated by the annual "Paul Morawitz prize" by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (German Cardiological Association).[3]
References
- ^ S2CID 44498966.
- S2CID 84003009.
- ^ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie. "Paul-Morawitz-Preis" (in German). Archived from the original on 2005-02-08. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
External links
- Resume von Prof. Dr. med. Paul Morawitz at the University of Leipzig