| Birth date | 12 February 1842 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation |
| Death date | 12 October 1894 (aged 52) |
| Death place | Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Fields | Pharmacology |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin University of Prague |
Michael Joseph Rossbach (12 February 1842, Heidingsfeld – 8 October 1894, Munich) was a German clinician and pharmacologist.
He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and the University of Prague, receiving his doctorate in 1865. In 1869, he qualified as a lecturer in pharmacology at Würzburg, where in 1874 he became an associate professor. In 1882 became a full professor of special pathology and therapy and director of the medical clinic at the University of Jena as a successor to Hermann Nothnagel. In 1892, he resigned his professorship at Jena for reasons of health.[1]
His name is associated with "Rossbach's disease", a gastric disorder better known as hyperchlorhydria.[2][3]
Selected works
With Nothnagel, he was co-author of "Handbuch der Arzneimittellehre" (from the 3rd edition onward);[4] a textbook that was translated into English with the title "A treatise on materia medica : (including therapeutics and toxicology)". Other noteworthy written efforts by Rossbach are:
- Physiologie und Pathologie der menschlichen Stimme; auf Grundlage der neuesten akustischen Leistungen, 1869 – Physiology and pathology of the human voice; based on the latest acoustic achievements.
- Pharmakologische Untersuchungen, 2 volumes 1873-76 – Pharmacological studies.
- Lehrbuch der physikalischen Heilmethoden für Aerzte und Studirende, 1882 – Textbook of physical healing methods for physicians and students.
- Ueber den gegenwärtigen Stand der internen Therapie und den therapeutischen Unterricht an den deutschen Hochschulen, 1883 – On the current state of internal therapy and therapeutic education at German universities.[5]
References
- ^ Roßbach, Michael Joseph Neue Deutsche Biographie
- ^ The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary: A New and Complete Dictionary ... by William Alexander Newman Dorland
- ^ 2013 ICD-9-CM for Physicians, Volumes 1 and 2 Professional Edition by Carol J. Buck
- ^ Plett - Schmidseder edited by Walther Killy
- ^ Most widely held works by M. J Rossbach WorldCat Identities