Jacob Katzenstein (January 7, 1864 – September 3, 1921) 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 ...

born in

Preußisch Oldendorf Preußisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name ''Oldendorf'' was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns with ...

. He studied medicine in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

, earning his doctorate in 1888. Afterwards he worked as assistant to

Benno Baginsky Benno Baginsky (24 May 1848 in Ratibor – 1919) was a German physician specializing in the field of otorhinolaryngology. He was a younger brother to pediatrician Adolf Aron Baginsky (1843–1918). He studied medicine in Berlin, obtaining his ...

(1848–1919) in Berlin. From 1909 he was a lecturer at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. Katzenstein specialized in research of

voice disorders Voice disordersTitze, I.R. (1994). Principles of Voice Production, Prentice Hall, . are medical conditions involving abnormal pitch, loudness or quality of the sound produced by the larynx and thereby affecting speech production. These include: * ...

and is known for

physiological Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

investigations of the

larynx The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal inlet is about ...

. In 1913 he became editor of the ''Archiv für experimentelle und klinische Phonetik'' (Archive for experimental and clinical

phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...

Selected publications

* ''Über die Medianstellung des Stimmbandes bei Recurrenslähmung'' (Virchow's Archiv 1892). * ''Über die Innervation des m. crico-thyreoideus'' - On innervation of the median

cricothyroids The arytenoid cartilages () are a pair of small three-sided pyramids which form part of the larynx. They are the site of attachment of the vocal cords. Each is pyramidal or ladle-shaped and has three surfaces, a base, and an apex. The arytenoid ...

. * ''Weitere Mitteilungen über die Innervation des m. crico-thyreoideus'' (1894) - New information on innervation of the median cricothyroids. * ''Die Orthoskopie des Larynx'' (Archive for Laryngology IV) - Orthoscopy of the larynx. * ''Die Autoskopie des Nasenrachenraums''. * ''Zur Frage der Posticuslähmung'', (Part 1 with Arthur Kuttner, Archive for Laryngology VIII; Part 2 Ib. IX). * ''Experimentelle Beiträge zur Physiologie des Kehlkopfs'', (with Arthur Kuttner, Archive for Anatomy and Physiology 1899) - Experimental contributions to the physiology of the larynx.

References

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Essential Prerequisites for the Development of Phoniatrics 1864 births 1921 deaths People from Minden-Lübbecke German otolaryngologists Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of the University of Freiburg {{Germany-med-bio-stub