Ernst Brand (2 January 1827 in Feuchtwangen – 7 March 1897 in Stettin) was a German physician, known for his development of hydrotherapy (cold bath treatment) in the treatment of typhoid fever.[1]
Ernst Brand
From 1845 to 1851 he studied medicine at the University of Erlangen, during which time he worked as a clinical assistant to Karl Friedrich Canstatt. In 1851 he received his doctorate with a dissertation-thesis on pyloric stenosis, and following graduation he undertook a study trip to Vienna, Paris and London. After completing the Prussian state exam he settled into a medical practice in Stettin.[2]
Associated eponym
edit- "Brand method": For the treatment of typhoid fever. A regimen of giving baths in water at room temperature or lower every three hours. Process continued for as long as the rectal temperature is greater than 103°.[3]
Published works
edit- Über Diabetes, 1849 – On diabetes.
- Die Stenose des Pylorus vom pathologisch- anatomischen Standpunkte aus geschildert (dissertation), 1851 – The stenosis of the pylorus from a pathological point of view.
- Die Hydrotherapie des Typhus, 1861 – Hydrotherapy for typhus.
- Zur Hydrotherapie des Typhus, Bericht über in St Petersburg, Stettin und Luxemburg hydriatrisch behandelte Fälle, 1863 – On hydrotherapy for typhus. Report on Saint Petersburg, Stettin and Luxembourg hydriatic-treated cases.
- Die Heilung des Typhus, 1868 – Healing therapy for typhus.
- Die Wasserbehandlung der typhösen Fieber, Abdominal- und Flecktyphus, 1877 – Water treatment of typhoid fever (abdominal and typhus).[4][5]
References
edit- ^ An Introduction to the history of medicine, with medical chronology ... by Fielding Hudson Garrison
- ^ ADB:Brand, Ernst In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, S. 173.
- ^ A practical medical dictionary by Thomas Lathrop Stedman
- ^ WorldCat Search (published works)
- ^ Brand (Ernst) biuSante