Georg Jochmann (11 October 1874, in

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– 6 January 1915, in Berlin) was a German internist and

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, who specialized in

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. In 1898 he received his medical doctorate at the

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, and following graduation, worked as an assistant to

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at the Institute of Hygiene in

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. Afterwards, he worked in the department of internal medicine at Hamburg-Eppendorf Hospital under Theodor Rumpel, and at the university medical clinic in Breslau under Alfred Kast and Adolph Strümpell. In 1904 he obtained his

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for internal medicine at the University of Breslau.Jochmann, Georg
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In 1906 he was named head of the department of infections at Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus in Berlin, and four years later received the title of professor. He died in 1915 at the age of 40 from spotted typhus, contracted while treating Russian prisoners of war. His body rests at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin.

Associated terms

* "Jochmann's serum": Serum from immunized horses used in the treatment of epidemic

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. * "Müller-Jochmann test": A method for differentiating between tuberculous and non-tuberculous pus; term named with internist Eduard Müller.

Selected works

* ''Über Immunotherapie beim Scharlach'', 1912 – On

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scarlet fever Scarlet fever, also known as Scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes'' a Group A streptococcus (GAS). The infection is a type of Group A streptococcal infection (Group A strep). It most commonly affects childr ...

. * ''Pocken und Vaccinationslehre'', 1913 –

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and vaccination. * ''Leukocyten-Fermente und -Antifermente''; In: Kolle and Wassermann's "Handbuch der pathogenen Mikroorganismen" 2nd edition, Volume 2, 1913 –

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ferments and antiferments. * ''Lehrbuch der Infektionskrankheiten'', 1914 – Textbook of infectious diseases.Georg Jochmann - bibliography
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jochmann, Georg 1874 births 1915 deaths Burials at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery People from Legnica University of Freiburg alumni German bacteriologists German infectious disease physicians Deaths from typhus German casualties of World War I University of Hamburg alumni