Josef Arneth (13 October 1873, in
Burgkunstadt – 1955) was a German
physician and
haematologist
Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the produc ...
known for naming the
Arneth count.
He studied medicine at universities in
Munich,
Heidelberg and
Würzburg, qualifying in 1897. He subsequently worked in
Würzburg before becoming professor of medicine in
Münster in 1907, a position he held until 1944. He was an active researcher in
haematology and published various books on the subject of pulmonary diseases and blood.
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1873 births
1955 deaths
People from Lichtenfels (district)
German hematologists
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