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Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio (27 May 1851, Reval – 26 February 1927) was a Baltic German internist and professor of pathology.
In 1877 he earned his doctorate from the University of Dorpat, and following graduation continued his studies at the University of Vienna. From 1879 to 1883 he was a physician at the Prince of Oldenburg Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, returning to Dorpat in 1884 as a lecturer at the university. In 1886, he became a professor of pathology, being chosen university
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(definition of eponym) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dehio, Karl Gottfried Konstantin 1851 births 1927 deaths People from Tallinn People from Kreis Harrien Baltic-German people German pathologists University of Tartu alumni Rectors of the University of Tartu Burials at Raadi cemetery
Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio (27 May 1851, Reval – 26 February 1927) was a Baltic German internist and professor of pathology.
In 1877 he earned his doctorate from the University of Dorpat, and following graduation continued his studies at the University of Vienna. From 1879 to 1883 he was a physician at the Prince of Oldenburg Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, returning to Dorpat in 1884 as a lecturer at the university. In 1886, he became a professor of pathology, being chosen university rector
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in 1918.
From 1890 to 1914 Dehio was editor of ''St. Petersburger Medizinischen Wochenschrift'' for Dorpat. He was the president of the Naturalists' Society at the University of Dorpat in 1899–1901, and for a period of time was vice-president of the society to combat leprosy in Livonia.
An atropine
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test known as "Dehio's test" is attributed to him, which states: "If an injection of atropine relieves bradycardia
Bradycardia (also sinus bradycardia) is a slow resting heart rate, commonly under 60 beats per minute (BPM) as determined by an electrocardiogram. It is considered to be a normal heart rate during sleep, in young and healthy or elderly adults, a ...
, the condition is due to action of the vagus; if it does not, the condition may be due to an affection of the heart itself".
One of Dehio's daughters was the writer Else Hueck-Dehio
Else Hueck-Dehio (1897–1976) was a German author.
Life
Dehio was born on 30 December 1897Entry in thbaptismal register of Dorpat University in Tartu, Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Livonia in the Russian Empire.
Else Dehio was the daughter o ...
.
See also
* List of Baltic German scientistsPublished works
* ''Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie der Lepra'', (Contributions to the pathological anatomy of leprosy), (1877) * ''Experimentelle Studien über das bronchiale Athmungsgeräusch und die auscultatorischen Cavernensymptome'', 1885. * ''In der Dorpater Poliklinik gebräuchliche Recepte und Verordnungen'', (Common prescriptions and regulations at the Dorpat Polyclinic), (1885) * ''Die Infectionskrankheiten und ihre Heilung'' (Infectious diseases
An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...
and their cure), (1892)
* ''Die Lepra einst und jetzt'', (Leprosy then and now), (1895)
* ''Pocken, Rückfallsfieber, Flecktyphus und Malaria'' ( Smallpox, relapsing fever, typhoid and malaria), (1899)
* ''Vitalismus und Mechanismus'' (Vitalism and mechanism), (1926)
References
* ''Biographical information is based on a translation of an article at the German Wikipedia.''Mondofacto Dictionary
(definition of eponym) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dehio, Karl Gottfried Konstantin 1851 births 1927 deaths People from Tallinn People from Kreis Harrien Baltic-German people German pathologists University of Tartu alumni Rectors of the University of Tartu Burials at Raadi cemetery