Julius Leopold Pagel

Julius Leopold Pagel (* May 29, 1851 in Pollnow; † January 30, 1912 in Berlin) was a German physician and medical historian.

Life

Julius Pagel studied medicine in Berlin. After graduation, he settled down in 1876 as a general practitioner in the city. He habilitated in 1891 in the History of Medicine. 1898 Pagel was appointed Professor at the Friedrich- Wilhelms-Universität. From 1901 he was an associate professor. 1902 Ernst Schweinger received the vacant since 1894 and hoped for by Pagel chair of medical history.

Julius Pagel was a member of the Wednesday Club.

His son Walter Pagel (1898-1983) was also a doctor ( pathologist ) and medical historian.

Writings

• The areolae of John de Sancto Amando: a contribution to Literatugeschichte pharmacology in the Middle Ages. Reimer, Berlin, 1893. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
• New literary contributions to medieval medicine. Reimer, Berlin, 1896. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
• The development of medicine in Berlin from the earliest times up to the present: an historical sketch; Festschrift for members and partakers of the 15th Congress of Internal Medicine. Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1897.
• History of medicine. Karger, Berlin 1898.
• Biographical Dictionary outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin and Vienna 1901.
• Handbook of the History of Medicine. Fischer, Jena from 1902 to 1905.
• Timelines of history of medicine. Hirschwald, Berlin, 1908.