Paul Grützner (April 30, 1847 – July 29, 1919) was a German
physiologist
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born in
Festenberg,
Silesia (present-day
Twardogóra
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,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
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).
He studied medicine at the universities of
Würzburg,
Berlin and
Breslau, where he was a pupil of
Rudolf Heidenhain. After graduation, he was an assistant at the physiological institute in Breslau. In 1881, he became a professor at the
University of Bern, and in 1884 succeeded
Karl von Vierordt
Karl von Vierordt (July 1, 1818 – November 22, 1884) was a German physiologist.
Vierordt was born in Lahr, Baden. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Göttingen, Vienna, and Heidelberg, and began a practice in Karlsruhe in 1842. In ...
(1818–1884) at the physiological institute at the
University of Tübingen.
Grützner performed numerous studies involving the
physiology of nerves and muscles,
circulatory physiology, glandular and
gastric secretions, et al. In the 1870s, with
Wilhelm Ebstein
Wilhelm Ebstein (27 November 1836, Jawor, Jauer, Prussian Silesia – 22 October 1912) was a German physician. He proposed a Low-carbohydrate diet, low-carbohydrate high-fat diet to treat obesity. Ebstein's anomaly is named for him.
Biography
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(1836–1912), he performed important research involving the
physiochemical
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behavior of
pepsin in the
digestive tract. Findings from their research were published in an 1874 treatise called ''Ueber Pepsinbildung im Magen'', and was included in
Pflügers Archiv.
Grützner is credited with introducing a
colorimetric method for determining the quantity of pepsin in a solution. Among his numerous written articles was an 1879 physiological study on
voice and speech titled ''Physiologie der Stimme und Sprache''.
NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
(biography)
References
Pagel: Biographical Dictionary
(translated from German)
External links
Studies on Gastric Proteolysis
The Journal of Physiology
German physiologists
1847 births
1919 deaths
People from Twardogóra
People from the Province of Silesia
Academic staff of the University of Tübingen
Academic staff of the University of Bern
University of Breslau alumni
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