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Karl Sudhoff

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Karl Sudhoff

Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Stadtkreis Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Death
8 Oct 1938 (aged 84)
Salzwedel, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Burial
Leipzig, Stadtkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany Add to Map
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Medical Pioneer. He founded the first Institute for Medical History. He studied medicine in Erlangen and worked later as a doctor in Düsseldorf. From 1901 on he was president of the German Society for the History of Medicine and Natural Science. He studied the medieval medical literature, especially those by Paracelsus. He was called to the University of Leipzig in 1905 and was given free hand in the founding of the Institute. It was finally opened on April 1, 1906 and was renamed in 1938 into "Karl-Sudhoff Institute for the History of Medicine and Natural Science".
Medical Pioneer. He founded the first Institute for Medical History. He studied medicine in Erlangen and worked later as a doctor in Düsseldorf. From 1901 on he was president of the German Society for the History of Medicine and Natural Science. He studied the medieval medical literature, especially those by Paracelsus. He was called to the University of Leipzig in 1905 and was given free hand in the founding of the Institute. It was finally opened on April 1, 1906 and was renamed in 1938 into "Karl-Sudhoff Institute for the History of Medicine and Natural Science".

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  • Added: Feb 9, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10451305/karl-sudhoff: accessed ), memorial page for Karl Sudhoff (26 Nov 1853–8 Oct 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10451305, citing Südfriedhof, Leipzig, Stadtkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany; Maintained by Find a Grave.