Louis Waldenburg
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Louis Waldenburg was a German physician.
Waldenburg was born in Filehne, Posen. He graduated from the University of Berlin (M.D. 1860). After a postgraduate course at Heidelberg
he established himself in Berlin
as a specialist in diseases of the chest and throat. From 1864 to 1868 he was joint editor with H. Rosenthal of the Allgemeine Medizinische Central-Zeitung. In 1865 he became privat-docent at the Berlin University, and from 1868 until his death he edited the Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift. In 1871 he was appointed assistant professor, and in 1877 department physician, at the Charité.
Among Waldenburg's many works: De Origine et Structura Membranarum, Quæ in Tuberculis Capsulisque Verminosis Involucrum Præbent, a prize essay at the University of Berlin, 1859; Ueber Blutaustritt und Aneurysmenbildung, Durch Parasiten Bedingt, in Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie, 1860; Ueber Structur und Ursprung der Wurmhaltigen Cysten, in Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medizin,1862; Lehrbuch der Respiratorischen Therapie, Berlin, 1864 (2d ed. 1872); Die Tuberkulose, die Lungenschwindsucht und Scrofulose,ib. 1869; and Die Pneumatische Behandlung der Respirations- und Circulations-Krankheiten, ib. 1875 (2d ed. 1880).
Waldenburg died in Berlin April 14, 1881.
Waldenburg was born in Filehne, Posen. He graduated from the University of Berlin (M.D. 1860). After a postgraduate course at Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
he established himself in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
as a specialist in diseases of the chest and throat. From 1864 to 1868 he was joint editor with H. Rosenthal of the Allgemeine Medizinische Central-Zeitung. In 1865 he became privat-docent at the Berlin University, and from 1868 until his death he edited the Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift. In 1871 he was appointed assistant professor, and in 1877 department physician, at the Charité.
Among Waldenburg's many works: De Origine et Structura Membranarum, Quæ in Tuberculis Capsulisque Verminosis Involucrum Præbent, a prize essay at the University of Berlin, 1859; Ueber Blutaustritt und Aneurysmenbildung, Durch Parasiten Bedingt, in Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie, 1860; Ueber Structur und Ursprung der Wurmhaltigen Cysten, in Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medizin,1862; Lehrbuch der Respiratorischen Therapie, Berlin, 1864 (2d ed. 1872); Die Tuberkulose, die Lungenschwindsucht und Scrofulose,ib. 1869; and Die Pneumatische Behandlung der Respirations- und Circulations-Krankheiten, ib. 1875 (2d ed. 1880).
Waldenburg died in Berlin April 14, 1881.