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U Benzenhöfer

Publications and source records attributed to U Benzenhöfer.

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PubMed2006

[The early history of "Ecstasy"].

There is no consensus in the literature regarding the early history of MDMA (Methylendioxymethamphetamine, so-called "Ecstasy"). Various authors credit the first synthesis of MDMA to the German chemist Fritz Haber, but it appears neither in his doctoral thesis (Berlin 1891) nor in his accompanying articles. The man who first synthesized MDMA was the chemist Dr. Anton Köllisch, who worked for the German pharmaceutical company Merck. He created MDMA as a by-product while trying to synthesize hydrastinin, a styptic substance. In 1912, Merck filed to patent the applied method of preparation. The patent was issued in 1914, yet no pharmaceutical testing followed at that time.

Drug Industry↗
PubMed1997

[Antisemitism in medical-natural science and philosophical writings of Paracelsus].

During the "Third Reich", the famous German medical doctor Paracelsus (1493/94-1541) was often honoured as a forerunner of certain aspects of the "Nazi"-ideology. Especially some invectives against jews in his medical writings were often quoted in this context. But was he really the "racial" antisemite as the Nazis wanted to see him? In the present study the authors demonstrate in detail that Paracelsus, like many christian scholars in the early modern period, indeed was a propagator of a clear-cut antisemitism. But although he often used antisemitic stereotypes, his antisemitism was in no way "racial", and he was not one of the extremely radical antisemites of his time.

Germany↗
PubMed1995

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In the last decade of the 18th century many books bearing the title "anthropology" were published. In his "Grundlage medicinisch-anthropologischer Vorlesungen für Nichtärzte" (1791), the Swiss medical doctor Paulus Usteri (1768-1831) tried to connect medical anthropology and popular medicine in a way, that should make it interesting for the educated medical laymen. In the article Usteri's concept is described with special regard to the sources.

Anthropology↗
PubMed1995

[Introduction of subjectivity and objectivity in medicine: comments on the Viktor von Weizsäcker's social medicine 1929-33].

It is well known that the principle of subjectivity played an important role in Viktor von Weizsäcker's anthropological medicine. But it is less known that he tried to introduce subjectivity as well as objectivity as main principles into his social medicine since 1929. In Heidelberg he developed a so called social therapy for people suffering from traumatic neurosis. In the present study theory and praxis of Weizsäcker's social medicine are described in detail.

Germany↗
PubMed1994

[The call of Viktor von Weizsäckers to the chair for neurology in Breslau 1941].

Only five chairs especially for neurology were existing in Germany in 1938. In this paper the history of the call of Viktor von Weizsäcker (1886-1957) to the famous Breslau chair (Otfrid Foerster) in 1941 is described in detail using unpublished material from the Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung.

Germany↗
PubMed1993

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Germany↗
PubMed1993

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Alchemy↗
PubMed1993

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Ethics, Medical↗
PubMed1993

[The Paracelsus dramas of Martha Sills-Fuchs in the circumstances of Julius Streicher's Society of German Public Health].

Between 1936 and 1939 the Hungaro-Austrian author Martha Sills-Fuchs (1896-?) wrote three plays, in which Theophrast von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus is the main figure. Written for the ideological purposes of the 'Verein Deutsche Volksheilkunde', founded in 1935 by the radical German Nazi-leader Julius Streicher, Paracelsus was--totally neglecting the historical facts--shown as a precursor of Nazism. It could be demonstrated by detailed analysis, that Martha Sills-Fuchs sketched Paracelsus as a racist, a fighter against the jews, a follower of a mystical 'blood and soil'-ideology and as a medical doctor, who had great respect of 'mother nature' (as the Nazis claimed they had).

Austria↗
PubMed1991

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History, Early Modern 1451-1600↗
PubMed1989

[The letter of Johannes Oporinus on Paracelsus].

Not very long after the death of Paracelsus, Johannes Oporinus, once assistant to Hohenheim, wrote a letter full of invectives against his late master. Although four copies of this letter are known up to now, there is still much uncertainty left about the date (1555, 1565), the address (Johann Weyer, Reiner Solenander, Weyer and Solenander), and the text, because the original letter has not been found yet. In our study a new found copy--the eldest yet known--of the letter is presented, which is included in an 'Oratio de Theophrasto Paracelso' held by Gervasius Marstaller in Jena (1570). According to Marstaller he had received his copy of the (undated) letter by Reiner Solenander. In an appendix the letter is edited after Ms. 991. University Library Erlangen.

Correspondence as Topic↗
PubMed1987

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Biochemistry↗
PubMed1985

Time estimation and chronopathology in endogenous depression.

In recent empirical research on endogenous depression, time estimation has frequently been discussed in the context of chronopathological reflections, without empirical evidence of the postulated correlations between changes in speed of the "internal clock" and indicators of time estimation. In three single case studies, we looked for potential correlations between rhythmic processes (especially diurnal mood variations) and time estimations by primary depressive patients. Though our studies suggest a correlation between retardation and time estimation in patients with clear changes (trends) in the depressive mood, our results do not support any chronopathological speculations. According to our results, correlations between time estimation and retardation or depressive mood are dependent on distinct trends and not on rhythmic patterns.

Adult↗