Benno Baginsky (24 May 1848 in Ratibor – 1919) was a German physician specializing in the field of

otorhinolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

. He was a younger brother to

pediatrician Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

Adolf Aron Baginsky Adolf Aron Baginsky (May 22, 1843 – 15 May 1918) was a German professor of diseases of children at Berlin University. He was an older brother to otorhinolaryngologist Benno Baginsky (1848-1919).Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, obtaining his doctorate in 1870. Following service as a physician in the Franco-Prussian War, he began practicing medicine and soon found himself specializing in diseases of the ear, nose and

larynx The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal inlet is about ...

. In 1884 he became a

privat-docent ''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualific ...

otology Otology is a branch of medicine which studies normal and pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing and vestibular sensory systems and related structures and functions) as well as their diseases, diagnosis and treatment. Otologic ...

rhinology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

and

laryngology Laryngology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the larynx, colloquially known as the voice box. Laryngologists treat disorders of the larynx, including diseases that affects the voice, swallowing, or upper a ...

at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

, and in 1897 received the title of professor.Biography
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Jewish Encyclopedia ''The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day'' is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on th ...

Among his assistants at Berlin was fellow otorhinolaryngologist

Jacob Katzenstein Jacob Katzenstein (January 7, 1864 – September 3, 1921) was a German otorhinolaryngologist born in Preußisch Oldendorf. He studied medicine in Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau, earning his doctorate in 1888. Afterwards he worked as assistant to ...

(1864-1921).

Publications

He was the author of numerous articles in various scientific journals — ''Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie'', ''Archiv für Physiologie'', ''Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie'', ''Archiv für Pathologie und Anatomie'', ''

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift The ''Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift'' (''German Medical Weekly'') (''DMW'') is a German medical journal established in 1875 by Paul Börner. In the 1980s it was ranked 10th in the world in terms of its impact factor, but in the succeeding two ...

'', ''Archiv für Ohrenheilkunde'' and '' Revue Neurologique''. He also made contributions to

Albert Eulenburg Albert Eulenburg (10 August 1840 – 3 July 1917) was a German neurologist born in Berlin. Education Born into a Jewish family, he studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Bern and Zurich, earning his doctorate in 1861. Among his inst ...

's ''Real-Encyclopädie der gesammter Heilkunde''. The following are a few of his principal works: * ''Die Rhinoskopischen Untersuchungs- und Operationsmethoden'', 1879 - Rhinoscopic investigations and surgical methods. * ''Zur Physiologie der Gehörschnecke'', 1883 - The physiology of the

cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.75 turns around its axis, the modiolus. A core component of the cochlea is the Organ of Corti, the sensory org ...

. * ''Über den Ursprung und den centralen Verlauf des Nervus acusticus des Kaninchens'', 1888 - Origin and course of the

acoustic nerve The cochlear nerve (also auditory nerve or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve, a cranial nerve present in amniotes, the other part being the vestibular nerve. The cochlear nerve carries auditory sensory information ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baginsky, Benno 1848 births 1919 deaths Humboldt University of Berlin faculty 19th-century German Jews German otolaryngologists People from Racibórz People from the Province of Silesia