Alfred Kast (25 July 1856 in Illenau, near

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– 7 January 1903) was a German internist. Alfred Kast CIPB0680

He studied medicine at the Universities of

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and

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, earning his doctorate in 1879. He served as an assistant to

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(1840–1921) in Heidelberg,

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(1839–1884) in Leipzig, and from 1881 was a clinical assistant to Christian Bäumler (1836–1933) at Freiburg. Here he also worked in the physiological-chemical institute. In 1886, he became an associate professor, followed by a directorship at Eppendorf Hospital in

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(1888). He 1892 he was named professor of internal medicine at the

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. Kast was instrumental in introducing

phenacetin Phenacetin (acetophenetidin, ''N''-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used following its introduction in 1887. It was withdrawn from medicinal use as dangerous from the 1970s (e.g., withdrawn ...

and the sulphonal group of drugs into medicine. His name is associated with "Kast’s syndrome", a condition synonymous to Mafucci syndrome.

Written works

With

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Theodor Rumpel (1862–1923), he was co-author of an illustrated patho-anatomical atlas called: ''Pathologisch-anatomische Tafeln nach frischen Präparaten mit erläuterndem anatomisch-klinischem Text'' (Patho-anatomical panels for fresh preparations with explanatory anatomical-clinical text). Other works by Kast include: * ''Ueber die Wirkung des Acetphenetidins''. Written with

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Oscar Hinsberg Oscar Heinrich Daniel Hinsberg (21 October 1857 – 13 February 1939) was a German chemist. Hinsberg was born in Berlin. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in sciences at the University of Tübingen, later serving as a professor at the Universitie ...

(1857-1939). Centralblatt für die medicinischen Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1887, 25: 145-148. On the introduction of phenacetin. * ''Sulfonal, ein neues Schlafmittel''. Berliner klinische Wochenschrift, 1888, 25: 309-314. On the introduction of sulphonal, earlier discovered by

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(1846-1896).Bibliography of Alfred Kast
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kast, Alfred 1856 births 1903 deaths Academic staff of the University of Breslau Academic staff of the University of Freiburg German internists People from Achern