Theodor von Jürgensen

Theodor von Jürgensen

Theodor von Jürgensen (11 April 1840 – 8 May 1907)[1] was a German internist who was a native of Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein.

He studied medicine at the Universities of Kiel, Breslau and Tübingen, earning his doctorate in 1863. Afterwards he was a lecturer in Kiel, where in 1869 he became an associate professor and head of its medical clinic. In 1873 he became a full professor of general therapy and director of the local policlinic at Tübingen, a position he maintained until his death in 1907.

Jürgensen specialized in research of cardiovascular disease, and is remembered for his work involving treatment of pneumonia and measles.

Selected publications

References

  1. Heinrich Ihme (1988). Südwestdeutsche Persönlichkeiten: T. Abbt-Kübler. W. Kohlhammer. p. 430. ISBN 978-3-17-010288-0. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

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