Theodor von Jürgensen (11 April 1840 – 8 May 1907) was a German internist who was a native of

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

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. He studied medicine at the Universities of

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, Breslau and Tübingen, earning his doctorate in 1863. Afterwards he was a lecturer in

, where in 1869 he became an associate professor and head of its medical clinic. In 1873, he became a full professor of general

therapy A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many different ...

and director of the local policlinic at Tübingen, a position he maintained until his death in 1907. Jürgensen specialized in research of

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, h ...

, and is remembered for his work involving treatment of

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

and

measles Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by measles virus. Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days. Initial symptoms typically include fever, often greater than , cough, ...

Selected publications

* ''Klinische Studien über die Behandlung des Abdominaltyphus mittels des kalten Wassers'' (Studies on the treatment of abdominal

typhus Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash. Typically these begin one to two weeks after exposure. ...

using cold water); (1866) * ''Die Körperwärme des gesunden Menschen'' (

Body temperature Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature ...

of healthy persons); (1873) * ''Kruppöse Pneumonie Katarrhalpneumonie'', in Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen's "Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie", (1874) * ''Antiphlogistische Heilmethoden, Blutentziehungen Transfusion'', in Ziemssen's "Handbuch der allgemeinen Therapie", (1880) * ''Kruppöse Pneumonie: Beobachtungen aus der Tübinger Poliklinik'' (

Croup Croup, also known as laryngotracheobronchitis, is a type of respiratory infection that is usually caused by a virus. The infection leads to swelling inside the trachea, which interferes with normal breathing and produces the classic symptoms o ...

ous

: Observations from the Tübingen Polyclinic); (1883) * ''Mitteilungen aus der Tübinger Poliklinik'', (1886) * ''Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie'' (Textbook of special pathology and therapy); (1893) * ''Acute Exantheme: Allgemeines, Masern, Scharlach, Rötheln, Varicellen'' (Acute

exanthema An exanthem is a widespread rash occurring on the outside of the body and usually occurring in children. An exanthem can be caused by toxins, drugs, or microorganisms, or can result from autoimmune disease. The term exanthem is from the Greek ...

scarlet fever Scarlet fever, also known as Scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes'' a Group A streptococcus (GAS). The infection is a type of Group A streptococcal infection (Group A strep). It most commonly affects childr ...

rubella Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus. This disease is often mild, with half of people not realizing that they are infected. A rash may start around two weeks after exposure and ...

, varicella); (1894–96) * ''Erkrankungen der Kreislaufsorgane, Insufficienz, Schwäche, des Herzens'' (Diseases of the circulatory organs: Insufficiency, weakness of the heart); (1899)

References

Zeno.org
translated biography @ Pagel:Biographical Dictionary

External links

* German internists People from Flensburg Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 1907 deaths 1840 births {{Germany-med-bio-stub