Karl Ewald Hasse (23 June 1810 – 26 September 1902) was a German physician and professor of special

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, born in

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. He was the son of historian Friedrich Christian August Hasse (1773–1848).

Biography

Hasse studied medicine at the medical-surgical academy in Dresden and at

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, earning his doctorate in 1833. Later, he continued his education in

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and

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, and subsequently returned to

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, where in 1836 he received his habilitation. In 1839 he became an associate professor of

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in Leipzig, and in 1844 relocated to

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, where he was appointed medical director of the cantonal hospital and a professor of

. In 1852 he was appointed professor of special pathology at the medical clinic of the

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, and in 1856 garnered the same position in

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, where he served as medical director until 1878. Among his written works was "''Anatomische Beschreibung der Krankheiten der Circulations- und Respirations-Organe''", a book that was translated into English by William Edward Swaine and published in 1846 as "An anatomical description of the diseases of the organs of circulation and respiration". Hasse died in

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on 26 September 1902. He was instrumental in the decision by the Swiss

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and pioneer of

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, to enter the medical field of nervous diseases.

Selected publications

* ''Die Menschenblattern und die Kuhpockenimpfung, eine geschichtliche Skizze'' (

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and

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, a historical sketch), 1852. * ''Krankheiten des Nervensystems'' (Diseases of the

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), 1855, second edition 1868. * ''Karl Ewald Hasse, der Nestor der deutschen Kliniker'', by Hermann Obst, 1900. From 1874, Hasse directed Gustav Born, the father of

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. Hasse's anti-semitism led him to treat Born with disdain -(Greenspan 2005:10). Nancy Thorndike Greenspan (2005) " The end of the certain world: the life and science of Max Born".

Notes

References

Karl Ewald Hasse at Zeno.org

External links

* German pathologists Physicians from Dresden Heidelberg University faculty University of Göttingen faculty 1810 births 1902 deaths {{Germany-med-bio-stub