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Herrmann Arthur Thost
German physician, born June 9, 1854, Zwickau, Sachsen; died 1937.
Associated eponyms:
Unna-Thost syndrome
A rare hereditary skin disease with variable involvement of the palms and soles.
Biography:
Herrmann Arthur Thost studied at Leipzig, Würzburg, Heidelberg, and Strassburg, later also at Vienna. He obtained his doctorate in 1879 at Heidelberg, where he received his further education in internal clinic under Nikolaus Friedreich (1825-1882). He later worked in the new Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eppendorf. He enjoyed a great reputation as a physician and distinguished himself in his efforts in local politics, advocating public medical insurance. He was an honorary member of several laryngolocal societies.
When the University of Hamburg opened in 1919, Thost became Extraordinarius of oto-laryngology; later becoming emeritus.
Bibliography:
- Die Verengerungen der oberen Luftwege nach dem Luftröhrenschnitt und deren Behandlung. Mit einem Vorwort von Professor Dr. Kümmell, Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Wiesbaden, J. F. Bergmann, 1911.
- Der normale und Kranke Kehlkopf des Lebenden im Röntgenbild.
Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen, supplementary volume, 31; Hamburg, 1913.
- Verletzungen des Ohres durch Luftdruckschwankungen.
Handbuch der Neurologie des Ohres, volume 2, 2; Berlin and Vienna, 1928.
- Blutungen aus den Luftwegen.
Handbuch der Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, volume 4; Berlin, 1928.
- Die Geschwülste des Kehlkopfes.
Handbuch der Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, volume 5; Berlin, 1929.
We thank Rudolf Kleinert, Bad Reichenhall, Germany, for information submitted.
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