Heinrich Curschmann

Heinrich Curschmann ( born June 28, 1846 in Giessen, † May 6, 1910 in Leipzig ) was a German internist.

Curschmann was the son of the teacher Johann Heinrich Curschmann (1818-1902) in Giessen and studied from 1863 to 1868 medicine at the University of Giessen. After first working as a medical assistant at the Mainz Rochus Hospital he worked since 1871 to hospitals in Berlin- Moabit, before he was appointed to Hamburg in 1879 to the medical director and head of state hospitals. In Hamburg, he was responsible for the planning and establishment of the new General Hospital Eppendorf, which was built in 1884. Beginning in 1885 each finished among departments attended Curschmann to the operation. It was 1888 before the final completion of the hospital building his post to go as a professor at the University of Leipzig. In 1892 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.

The Curschmann spirals and the Curschmann trocar refer to Heinrich Curschmann. In Hamburg -Eppendorf, the Curschmannstraße in 1899 named after him, which is directly adjacent to the University Hospital Eppendorf ( UKE). Later, the built in this street school also received his name, but now it no longer carries ( today's " comprehensive school Eppendorf "). In Leipzig, Curschmannstraße is named after him since 1931.

On the grounds of the UKE is located in the vicinity of the building O 36 a bust of Curschmann that the artist Max Lange has created.

The Geographer Fritz Curschmann and physician Hans Curschmann were his sons.