Gustav Brühl
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Gustav Ernst Brühl (18 June 1871 – 21 November 1939) was a German
otorhinolaryngologist 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 ...
who was a native of
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. He studied medicine in
Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
and
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
. and earned his doctorate in 1894. From 1903 until his retirement in 1933, he taught classes at the University of Berlin, where in 1922 he became an associate professor. Brühl's best known written work was the highly regarded ''Atlas und Grundriss der Ohrenheilkunde'', of which he was co-author along with
Adam Politzer Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Book of Genesis, Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a coll ...
(1835-1920). In 1902 this book was translated into English by American
otologist 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 ...
Seth MacCuen Smith as ''Atlas and Epitome of Otology''.


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Pagel: Biographical Dictionary (biography translated from German)

Adam Politzer studies by Dr. Albert Mudry German otolaryngologists 1871 births 1939 deaths Physicians from Berlin Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin {{Germany-med-bio-stub