Moritz Roth (25 December 1839, in
Basel – 4 November 1914, in
Gottlieben am Untersee) was a
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
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*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
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pathologist remembered for describing
Roth's spots
Roth's spots, also known as Litten spots or the Litten sign, are non-specific red spots with white or pale centres, seen on the retina and although traditionally associated with infective endocarditis, can occur in a number of other conditions incl ...
. He studied medicine at
Würzburg,
Göttingen,
Berlin and Basel, where he received his doctorate in 1864. He became
dozent
The title of docent is conferred by some European universities to denote a specific academic appointment within a set structure of academic ranks at or below the full professor rank, similar to a British readership, a French " ''maître de conf ...
at Basel in 1866 and moved to
Greifswald in 1868 before returning to the
University of Basel as professor of pathology in 1872. He retired in 1898, and was succeeded by
Eduard Kaufmann
Eduard Kaufmann (24 March 1860, Bonn – 15 December 1931, Göttingen) was a German physician.
The disease Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome is named for him.
Career
Kaufmann studied in Bonn and Berlin, and earned his doctorate from t ...
. His 1892 book on
Andreas Vesalius remains a standard reference text.
[Barry G. Firkin, Judith A. Whitworth. ''Dictionary of Medical Eponyms'', page 347. Parthenon Publishing Limited, 1996. .]
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1839 births
1914 deaths
19th-century Swiss physicians
Swiss pathologists
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