Heinrich von Bamberger (27 December 1822, Zwornarka,

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– 9 November 1888,

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) was an Austrian

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. He was father to internist

Eugen von Bamberger Eugen von Bamberger (5 September 1858 – October 1921) was an Austrian internist born in Würzburg, Germany. He was the son of pathologist Heinrich von Bamberger (1822–1888). He studied medicine at the Universities of Vienna and Würzburg, rec ...

(1858-1921).

Biography

In 1847 he earned his doctorate from the University of Prague, and from 1851 to 1854 was a clinical assistant to Johann von Oppolzer (1808-1871) in

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. In 1854 he became professor of therapeutic

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at the

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, returning to the

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in 1872, where he succeeded Oppolzer as professor of special pathology and

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. Among his assistants in Vienna was internist Edmund von Neusser (1852-1912). Bamberger was a specialist in

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and

circulatory The blood circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate. It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, tha ...

pathology, remembered for his research involving diseases of the

pericardium The pericardium, also called pericardial sac, is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels. It has two layers, an outer layer made of strong connective tissue (fibrous pericardium), and an inner layer made of ...

, heart tissues, and the larger vessels. He provided early descriptions of hematogenous

albuminuria Albuminuria is a pathological condition wherein the protein albumin is abnormally present in the urine. It is a type of proteinuria. Albumin is a major plasma protein (normally circulating in the blood); in healthy people, only trace amounts of i ...

, uremic

pericarditis Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding the heart. Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp chest pain, which may also be felt in the shoulders, neck, or back. The pain is typically less severe when sit ...

and progressive

polyserositis Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder. FMF is an autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in Mediterranean fever gene, which encodes a 781–amino acid protein called pyrin. While all ethnic groups are sus ...

. The eponymous "Bamberger's disease" is named after him, characterized by

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odic affections of the leg muscles.Bamberger's disease
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In 1857 he published ''Lehrbuch der Krankheiten des Herzens'' (''Handbook of diseases of the heart''), one of the first textbooks dedicated to

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. Another of his publications of note was ''Die Krankheiten des chylopoetischen Systems'' (On the diseases of the chylopoietic system, 1855).

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by H. S. J. Lee 1822 births 1888 deaths Scientists from Prague People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Austrian untitled nobility 19th-century Czech people 19th-century Austrian physicians Austrian pathologists Academic staff of the University of Vienna Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Austrian expatriates in Germany Czech expatriates in Germany {{CzechRepublic-med-bio-stub

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