Hermann Brehmer
Hermann Brehmer ( born August 14, 1826 in Kurtsch (now Kurczówa ); † December 28, 1889 in Görbersdorf (now Sokołowsko ) ) was a Silesian physician who founded the first German sanatorium for the systematic open-air treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Life
Brehmer was born in Kurtsch at chasing in Prussian Silesia, the son of a Gutsbeamten. After completion of the Elisabeth -Gymnasium in Breslau 1847-1850 he studied mathematics, astronomy and natural sciences at the University of Breslau. In 1850 he went to the herbarium to Berlin. Under the influence of the physiologist Johannes Müller, who was then teaching at the Humboldt University in Berlin, he switched from mathematics to study medicine. His dissertation, published in 1853 was entitled De legibus ad initium atque Progressum tuberculosis pulmonum spectantibus ( About the laws of the formation and the progression of tuberculosis of the lungs). She expressed his confidence to be able to cure tuberculosis in the early stages. His plan to open a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients only initially met with official resistance, which could however be overcome thanks to the support of Alexander von Humboldt and Johann Lukas Schönlein. In 1853, Brehmer was also elected a member of the Scholars Academy Leopoldina.
The Brehmer'sche sanatorium for lung patients in Görbersdorf
On July 2, 1854 Brehmer was in the Silesian Görbersdorf (then a village with 900 inhabitants ) open the Brehmersche sanatorium for lung patients. He continued his patients extensively from the fresh mountain air and good nutrition. After an early breakfast, the patients spent the entire day outdoors. At night, the curtain -less windows were open; the heating was only permitted when tightening. The Sanatorium began with a small group of houses, but then grew to 300 beds. The success surpassed all previous treatments.
Brehmer's work was continued by one of his patients, Dr. Peter Dettweiler ( 1837-1904 ). This founded in 1876 his own sanatorium, the hospital Falkenstein in the Taunus. However Dettweiler set their own accents, and attached great importance to peace instead of movement. The success of Brehmer and Dettweiler caused an international sensation and found imitators such as the American physician Edward Livingston Trudeau.
Brehmer'sche sanatorium Görbersdorf 1870
Brehmer'sche sanatorium Görbersdorf