August Hirsch

August Hirsch

August Hirsch (4 October 1817, Danzig – 28 January 1894, Berlin) was a German physician and medical historian.

Biography

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He practiced in Danzig after studying at Berlin and Leipzig. In recognition of his studies on malarial fever and his work, Handbuch der historisch-geographischen Pathologie, he was in 1863 made professor at Berlin. In 1873, he was a member of the German Cholera Commission, studied the conditions of Posen and West Prussia, and published a report (1874). He studied the plague in Astrakhan in 1879 and 1880, and in the latter year wrote a report to his Government.

Literary works

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Review of Handbuch der historisch-geographischen Pathologie von Dr. August Hirsch and Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology by Dr. August Hirsch, trans. by Charles Creighton". The Quarterly Review. 164: 193–217. January 1887.
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