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Gertrud Hurler
German paediatrician, born September 1, 1889, Taberwiese in the district of Rastenburg, Prussia; died 1965.
Associated eponyms:
Hurler's cells
Cells storing dermatan and heparan sulphate.
Hurler's syndrome
A metabolical disease characterized by dwarfism, hunchback, gargoyle like facies, mental retardation, and a large number of other abnormalities.
Hurler's variant
An inborn error of metabolism with features similar to a mild form of the Hurler syndrome.
Hurler-Scheie syndrome
A metabolic syndrome combining symptoms less severe than Hurler’s syndrome, more severe than Scheie’s syndrome.
Scheie's syndrome
A metabolic syndrome characterised by progressive corneal clouding, coarsening of the facies and general dysplasia of the skeleton.
Biography:
The daughter of a general practitioner, Gertrud Hurler was educated in Königsberg and qualified in medicine at the University of Munich. After qualification she trained in paediatrics at the Hauner Children's Hospital (named for August von Hauner, 1811-1884). In 1919 she moved to Neuhausen, where she practiced paediatrics for more than 45 years.
In 1914 she married a veterinary surgeon, Dr. Konrad Hurler, whom she inspired to obtain a medical qualification and in the following year she bore a Daughter, Elizabeth, who subsequently studied medicine. Her son, Franz Gustav, born 1921, was killed in action during the Second World War.
Hurler was an exceptional clinician and was greatly liked and respected by her patients.
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