Leiden
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Ernst von Leyden (1832-1910) was a prominent German clinical therapist and former director of the First Medical Clinic at Charité in Berlin. He was a student of Schönlein and Traube, known for developing the clinical understanding of various forms of nervous system disorders and publishing significant research on fever, lung gangrene, and cardiac disease prognosis.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
LEIDEN Ernst (Ernst von Leyden, 1832-1910), a renowned German clinical therapist, former director of the First Medical Clinic at Charité in Berlin, and a student of Schönlein and Traube. L. graduated from university in 1854; in 1865 he became a professor in Königsberg, in 1872 in Strasbourg, and from 1876 in Berlin. L. deserves credit for developing the clinical understanding of various forms of nervous system disorders (poliomyelitis, neuritis, tabes dorsalis, etc.). He also published fundamental research on respiration during fever, on lung gangrene, and on prognosis in heart diseases. Crystals in the sputum in bronchial asthma, bearing his name (Charcot-Leyden crystals), were described by L. Together with Frerichs, L. was the founder and editor of "Zeitschrift für klinische Medizin" (Berlin, 1879). Under his editorship, the "Handbuch der Ernährungstherapie" (Leipzig, 1903) was also published. L.'s students hold professorships at many universities in Germany.
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“Leiden.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/leiden/