Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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The German term "Schambein" (literally "shame bone") for the pubic bone, the anterior part of the pelvis, takes its name from its proximity to the sexual organs. At least the female external genitalia also carry German names built with the term "Scham" (shame). ⋯ This also applies to the German term "Schambein" - nobody needs to be ashamed of the pubic bone. We therefore suggest that it should be renamed as "Schoßbein" (literally "lap bone"), a term that is neutral and correctly describes its anatomical location.
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This review describes the recognition and effects of thalidomide as a potent teratogenic agent sixty years ago. A systematic analysis revealed a broad spectrum of multiple congenital birth defects involving many organ systems. ⋯ In contrast to Europe and Canada, the thalidomide embryopathy did not occur in the United States of America: A physician responsible at the FDA had noted inconsistencies in the description of thalidomide. The GDR, too, did not market the drug.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2022
[Infection outbreak among German and Finish troups in Eastern Lapland during World War II - First description of hantavirus disease in the German language area].
Eight decades ago, a report on "a swamp fever-like disease in German troups in Lapland" was published in this journal. The disease outbreak had occurred in 1942 and affected more than 1000 soldiers at the Finish front. The published, precise analysis of the clinical picture was obviously the first description of hantavirus disease in the German language area. Nowadays, hantavirus disease - in Central and Northern Europe also known as Nephropathia epidemica - is one of the most frequent notifiable virus diseases in Germany and Finland.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2022
Historical Article[Against oblivion: Remembering the first Jewish women doctors of the German Society for Internal Medicine].
In 1933, the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) willingly adapted to the ideology and politics of the Nazi regime. Seven members of the Society were Jewish women doctors, women making up 1 % of all members by that time. ⋯ While this also applies to their male colleagues, Jewish women doctors are considerably less visible. This article presents and contextualises their biographies in order to increase their visibility and integrate them more explicitly into today's culture of remembrance.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2022
Historical Article[Robert Koch as a young rural doctor in Brandenburg and the Poznan region (1868-1880)].
The bacteriologist and Nobel Prize winner Robert Koch (1843-1910) is one of the most important and best-known scientists in German history. Many people associate him not only with the institute named after him (today the Robert Koch Institute is Germany's National Public Health Institute), but above all, with his work as a "microbe hunter". Koch achieved world fame with the discovery of the tuberculosis pathogen in 1882. ⋯ This article deals with a lesser-known episode in Robert Koch's life - his years as a young rural doctor in the then Prussian provinces of Brandenburg and Posen. After a chronological description of Robert Koch's "wandering years", the focus is directed to today's culture of remembrance. The question is discussed in which way, if at all, the memory of Robert Koch is maintained at the authentic places.