Karl Ernst Ranke (29 January 1870 in

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– 9 November 1926 in Munich) was a German internist,

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and

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known for his research of

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. He was the son of

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Johannes Ranke (1836–1916). In 1896 he received his medical doctorate from the

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, then spent the following year as an assistant to his uncle, Heinrich von Ranke (1830–1909), at the pediatric clinic in Munich. Afterwards, he was in charge of an anthropological research expedition to

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. Following his return to Germany, he spent two additional years as an assistant in the pediatric clinic, then relocated to Arosa, Switzerland, where he worked as a doctor in a tuberculosis sanatorium.Karl Ernst Ranke
at

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Ranke, Karl Ernst
at Deutsche Biographie In 1906, he returned to Munich, where he practiced pediatrics, and specialized in diseases of the lung. In 1915 he earned his habilitation in internal medicine at Munich, and in 1921 became an associate professor. At Munich, he was director of the ''Fürsorgestelle für Lungenkranke''. During the last decade of his life, he immersed himself in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. He is remembered for introducing the hypothesis that

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tuberculosis develops in three stages — referred to as ''Ranke Dreistadienlehre'' (also known as "Ranke's stages of tuberculosis"). His name is also associated with the so-called " Ranke complex", defined as a combination of late fibrocalcific lesions of the lung and

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that evolve from the Ghon complex.

Selected works

* ''Über die Einwirkung des Tropenklimas auf die Ernährung des Menschen, auf Grund von versuchen im tropischen und subtropischen Südamerika'', 1900 – On the influence of a tropical climate on human

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, etc. * ''Anthropologische Beobachtungen aus Zentralbrasilien'', 1906 – Anthropological observations in central Brazil. * ''Die Kategorien des Lebendigen; eine Fortführung der Kant'schen Erkenntniskritik'', 1928 – The categories of living; a continuation of the Kantian

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* ''Ausgewählte Schriften zur Tuberkulose-pathologie'', 1928 (with

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) – Selected writings on tuberculosis pathology.OCLC Classify
published works

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranke, Karl Ernst 1870 births 1926 deaths Physicians from Munich German pediatricians German pulmonologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich