Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen

Hugo (Wilhelm) von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald.

He studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald, Berlin, and Würzburg. In 1863 he was called to the University of Erlangen as a professor of pathology and therapy as well as the director of the medical clinic. In 1874 he relocated to Munich as a professor and director of the general hospital.[1]

He made advances in electrotherapeutics, introduced the cold-water treatment for typhoid fever and lung inflammation, and became an authority on diseases of the larynx and esophagus.[1]

Gravesite of Hugo Ziemssen at Alter Südfriedhof in Munich

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Published works

Among other works he published "Klinische Vorträge" (1887–1900). In collaboration with prominent specialists, he published:

From 1865 onwards, with Friedrich Albert von Zenker, he edited the journal "Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin".[1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 

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