Karl Harko von Noorden (13 September 1858 – 26 October 1944) was a

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internist, born in

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and educated in medicine at Tübingen, Freiberg, and

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(

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, 1882). In 1885 he was admitted as privatdocent to the medical facility of the

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, where he had been assistant in the medical clinic since 1883. In 1889 he became first assistant of the medical clinic at Berlin University, in 1894 was called to

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as physician in charge of the municipal hospital, and in 1906 was appointed

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of medicine at the

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, as a successor to

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. Von Noorden made special researches involving

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in health,

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disorders and its treatment,

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, diseases of the

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, dietetics, etc., and wrote on these subjects, some of his books appearing in

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. Among his assistants was the Austrian-American psychologist Rudolf von Urban. Noorden advocated an " oat-cure" to treat diabetes. The diet "consisted of 250 gm. oatmeal a day - 80 gm. with about 0.4 liter water each meal and maybe some vegetables or fruits for the taste" He died in

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. His father, also named Carl von Noorden (1833–1883) was a noted

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Selected publications

His book on diabetes and its treatment, "''Die zuckerkrankheit und ihre behandlung''" (1895), was published over numerous editions. Some of his books have been published in English, such as: * "Metabolism and practical medicine", (3 volumes, 1907).
''Clinical treatises on the pathology and therapy of disorders of metabolism and nutrition''
(8 volumes, 1903-09); with Karl Franz Dapper; Hugo Salomon; Hermann Strauss.
''New Aspects of Diabetes: Pathology and Treatment''
1913.

Terms

*Noorden treatment—Oatmeal treatment. Treatment of diabetes by restricting the protein of the diet and limiting the

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s to oatmeal.: Dorland’s Medical Dictionary (1938)

References

1858 births 1944 deaths Dietitians German diabetologists German internists German emigrants to Austria German pathologists German untitled nobility Physicians from Bonn Physicians from Vienna University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{Austria-med-bio-stub