Wilhelm Ebstein
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Wilhelm Ebstein was a German
physician.
He studied medicine at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, graduating from the latter in 1859. In that year he was appointed physician at the Allerheiligen Hospital, Breslau; in 1868, chief physician at the municipal poorhouse; in 1869, privatdocent;in 1874, professor in Göttingen University (which chair he still held in 1903); and in 1877, director of the university hospital and dispensary.
Ebstein's specialties were malassimilation and defective nutrition, in the treatment of which he introduced several new methods. He eliminated the carbohydrates from the food almost entirely, but allowed fat to be taken with adequate protein
; his theory was that fat contains nutritive matter equivalent to two and a half times that of carbohydrates.
The following, by Ebstein, related to this:
In this field Ebstein was considered one of the leading specialists of the world.
His other notable works included:
His name was attached to the eponymous Ebstein's anomaly
and Pel-Ebstein fever
.
Germany
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physician.
He studied medicine at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, graduating from the latter in 1859. In that year he was appointed physician at the Allerheiligen Hospital, Breslau; in 1868, chief physician at the municipal poorhouse; in 1869, privatdocent;in 1874, professor in Göttingen University (which chair he still held in 1903); and in 1877, director of the university hospital and dispensary.
Ebstein's specialties were malassimilation and defective nutrition, in the treatment of which he introduced several new methods. He eliminated the carbohydrates from the food almost entirely, but allowed fat to be taken with adequate protein
Protein in nutrition
Proteins are polymer chains made of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Proteins and carbohydrates contain 4 kcal per gram as opposed to lipids which contain 9 kcal per gram....
; his theory was that fat contains nutritive matter equivalent to two and a half times that of carbohydrates.
The following, by Ebstein, related to this:
- "Die Fettleibigkeit", etc., 7th ed., Wiesbaden, 1887
- "Fett oder Kohlenhydrate", Wiesbaden, 1885
- "Wasserentziehung und Anstrengende Muskelbewegungen," ib. 1885
- "OertelMax Joseph OertelMax Joseph Oertel was a significant German physician who was a native of Dillingen. He practiced medicine in Munich, where he became a professor in 1876....
, "Die Ebsteinsche Flugschrift über Wasserentziehung," Leipzig, 1885)
In this field Ebstein was considered one of the leading specialists of the world.
His other notable works included:
- "Nierenkrankheiten Nebst den Affectionen der Nierenbecken und der Urnieren", in von ZiemssenHugo Wilhelm von ZiemssenHugo von Ziemssen was a German physician, born at Greifswald. He studied there, at Berlin, and at Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to Erlangen as professor of pathology and director of the clinic, and in 1874 to Munich as director of the general hospital...
's "Handbuch der Speziellen Pathologie und Therapie", 2d ed., vol. ix. - "Traumatische Leukämie," in "Deutsche Med. Wochenschrift," 1894
- "Handbuch der Praktischen Medizin," ib. 1899
- "Die Medizin im Alten Testament," Stuttgart, 1901
- "Handbuch der Praktischen Medizin," (with Gustav SchwalbeGustav SchwalbeGustav Albert Schwalbe, M.D. was a German anatomist and anthropologist from Quedlinburg.He was educated at the universities of Berlin, Zurich, and Bonn Gustav Albert Schwalbe, M.D. (August 1, 1844 – April 23, 1916) was a German anatomist and anthropologist from Quedlinburg.He was educated at the...
), ib. 1901 - "Die Krankheiten im Feldzuge Gegen Russland," ib. 1902
- "Dorf- und Stadthygiene," ib. 1902
- "Die Medizin in Bibel und Talmud" (New TestamentNew TestamentThe New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
and TalmudTalmudThe Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
), ib. 1903.
His name was attached to the eponymous Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein anomaly is a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the apex of the right ventricle of the heart.-Presentation:...
and Pel-Ebstein fever
Pel-Ebstein fever
Pel-Ebstein fever is a rarely seen condition noted in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma in which the patient experiences fevers which cyclicly increase then decrease over an average period of one or two weeks...
.