Eugen von Bamberger (5 September 1858 – October 1921) was an Austrian internist born in

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

, Germany. He was the son of

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...

Heinrich von Bamberger Heinrich von Bamberger (27 December 1822, Zwornarka, Kingdom of Bohemia – 9 November 1888, Vienna) was an Austrian pathologist. He was father to internist Eugen von Bamberger (1858-1921). Biography In 1847 he earned his doctorate from the Un ...

(1822–1888). He studied medicine at the Universities of

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and

, receiving his doctorate in 1882. Afterwards he worked as an assistant to

Hermann Nothnagel Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (28 September 1841 – 7 July 1905) was a German internist born in Alt-Lietzegöricke ( pl, Stare Łysogórki), near Bärwalde in der Neumark ( pl, Mieszkowice), Neumark, Brandenburg. Career The son of a ph ...

(1841–1905) at the ''Allgemeines Krankenhaus'' in

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. From 1891, he was a director of internal medicine at the ''Rudolfsspital''. In 1889, he provided a detailed description of a condition that has become known as

hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is a medical condition combining clubbing and periostitis of the small hand joints, especially the distal interphalangeal joints and the metacarpophalangeal joints. Distal expansion of the long bones as well as painf ...

. During the following year, French

neurologist Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal c ...

Pierre Marie Pierre Marie (9 September 1853 – 13 April 1940) was a French neurology, neurologist and political journalist close to the French Section of the Workers' International, SFIO. Medical Career After finishing medical school, he served as an int ...

(1853–1940) was able to differentiate the syndrome from

acromegaly Acromegaly is a disorder that results from excess growth hormone (GH) after the growth plates have closed. The initial symptom is typically enlargement of the hands and feet. There may also be an enlargement of the forehead, jaw, and nose. Other ...

. The term "Bamberger-Marie disease" is sometimes used for hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.

Publications

* ''Veränderungen der Röhrenknochen bei Bronchiektasie''. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 1889, 2: 226. * ''Über Knochenveränderungen bei chronischen Lungen- und Herzkrankheiten''. Zeitschrift für Klinische Medicin,

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, 1891, 18: 193-217. * ''Ein Fall von osteoplastischem Prostatakarzinom''. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 1899, Nr. 44. (with Richard Paltauf 1858-1924) -- treatise on osteoplastic

carcinoma Carcinoma is a malignancy that develops from epithelial cells. Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that arises from cells originating in the endodermal, mesodermal ...

.Handbuch der urologie, Volume 3
/ref> * Note: He is not to be confused with German chemist,

Eugen Bamberger Eugen Bamberger (19 July 1857 – 10 December 1932) was a German chemist and discoverer of the Bamberger rearrangement. Life and achievements Bamberger started studying medicine in 1875 at the University of Berlin, but changed subjects and univer ...

(1857–1932).

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamberger, Eugen von Austrian internists Physicians from Würzburg 1858 births 1921 deaths Austrian untitled nobility