Roderich Stintzing

Georg Hieronymus Roderich Stintzing (12 February 1854 - 5 April 1933) was a German internist born in Heidelberg.

Stintzing studied medicine at the Universities of Bonn, Leipzig and Tübingen, receiving his doctorate in 1878 at Bonn. Following graduation he remained in Bonn as an assistant in the institute of physiology of Eduard Pflüger (1829-1910). Later he was an assistant to Hugo von Ziemssen (1829-1902) at the medical clinic in Munich, and in 1890 became as associate professor and director of the medical clinic at the University of Jena.

In 1892 Stintzing attained the title of "full professor" at Jena. One of his better known assistants was internist Ferdinand Gumprecht (1864-1947).

Written works

With Franz Penzoldt (1849-1927), he was co-author of the seven volume Handbuch der speciellen Therapie innerer Krankheiten (1897).

Volume 1: treatment of infectious diseases.
Volume 2 & 3: treatment of metabolic/lymphatic diseases.
Volume 4: therapy of diseases of the digestive organs.
Volume 5: therapy of diseases of the nervous system.
Volume 6 & 7: therapy of the brain and mental diseases, also disorders of the musculoskeletal system.^[1]

References

Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon (biography)

↑ ZVAB Handbuch der speciellen Therapie innerer Krankheiten

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