Karl Eduard Rothschuh

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Karl Eduard Rothschuh (July 6, 1908, Aachen – September 3, 1984, Münster) was a German cardiac physiologist, medical historian, and medical philosopher.[1][2][3] He studied medicine at Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Vienna, and finally Berlin, where he was award the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1937.[3] He was a professor of physiology until 1960 and of history of medicine until 1973 at the University of Münster. He is considered to be an important contributor to 20th-century German medical philosophy.[2] He was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1969.[4]

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  1. ^ Toellner, R. (1985). "In memoriam Karl Eduard Rothschuh". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (in German). 8 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1002/bewi.19850080102. ISSN 0170-6233. PMID 11629427.
  2. ^ a b Mergenthaler, Daniela (2004). "Medicine as task--Karl E. Rothschuh's philosophy of medicine". Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 7 (3): 253–260. doi:10.1007/s11019-004-6400-9. ISSN 1386-7423. PMID 15679017. S2CID 25738644.
  3. ^ a b Gerabek, Werner E. (2005). "Rothschuh, Karl". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  4. ^ "Karl Eduard Rothschuh". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-15.

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