Eugen Fraenkel

Eugen Fraenkel (* September 28, 1853 in Neustadt i OS, † December 20, 1925 in Hamburg) was a German physician.

Life

Fraenkel worked as a pathologist and bacteriologist at the University of Hamburg Eppendorf connected to the hospital where he ( later on renamed Clostridium perfringens Bacillus ' fraenkeli ) discovered the Gasbrandbazillus. During World War II he served in the German Army.

Eugen Fraenkel was married to Marie ( nee German, 1861-1944 ). The couple had three children: Max Fraenkel (1882-1938), Hans Fraenkel (1888-1971) and Margaret Kuttner born Fraenkel ( 1884-1944 ). Hans left Germany to work as an economist and journalist in Switzerland; his descendants live in Switzerland and Italy. Max, the doctor in Hamburg was committed under the pressure of anti-Semitic harassment suicide. Marie died in a concentration camp Theresienstadt died, Margaret, who had moved to Berlin in November 1944 during the last gassings at Auschwitz -Birkenau.

Works

  • About Kidney changes after sulfuric acid poisoning. 1893 ( digitized )
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