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Otto Ullrich
German paediatrician, 1894-1957.
Associated eponyms:
Bartholin-Patau syndrome (Thomas Bartholin)
A congenital syndrome of multiple abnormalities produced by trisomy of chromosome number 13.
Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome
Congenital syndrome consisting of webbing of the neck (pterygium colli), lymphoedema of the hands and feet, hypoplasia of bones and muscles, short stature, syndactyly, laxity of the skin, dystrophic nails, and motor disturbances of the cranial nerves.
Fraser's syndrome
An association of cryptophthalmos with a wide range of abnormalities, consisting mostly of orofacial defects, urogenital malformations, syndactyly, decreased number of digits and bilateral or unilateral renal dysplasia.
Hallermann-Streiff-François syndrome
A syndrome of multiple congenital abnormalities comprising an abnormally shaped skull, proportionate dwarfism, birdlike facies, atrophy of the skin, bilateral microphtalmia, mental retardation and congenital cataracts.
Morgagni-Turner-Albright syndrome
Congenital endocrine disorder with short stature, absence of secondary sexual characteristics, failure of sexual maturation, webbing of the neck and inconsistent cardiac defects.
Morquio-Brailsford syndrome
A storage disease characterised by a skeletal dysplasia in which short trunk dwarfism is associated with spinal malalignment, hepatomegaly, aortic incompetence, peculiar facies, corneal clouding, and deafness.
Morquio-Ullrich syndrome
Typical symptoms and signs of Morquio’s syndrome, plus one or more features usually associated with Hurler’s syndrome.
Nielsen's syndrome
Obsolete eponym used to indicate a combination of Klippel-Feil syndrome (congenital brevicollis) and Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (pterygium colli).
Noonan's syndrome
A complex familial syndrome similar to Turner’s, with the Turner phenotype, but there is no chromosomal defect and Noonan syndrome occurs in both sexes.
Scheie's syndrome
A metabolic syndrome characterised by progressive corneal clouding, coarsening of the facies and general dysplasia of the skeleton.
Ullrich's syndrome
A congenital muscular disorder believed to be a variant of Oppenheim's disease.
Ullrich-Feichtiger syndrome
A syndrome of multiple congenital abnormalities, including polydactyly with genital abnormalities, clubfoot, partial atresia of the anus, hypospadia, and masklike facies.
Biography:
Following medical studies in Munich, Otto Ullrich served as an assistant physician in the medical corps During World War I. After the war he worked with professor Meinhard von Pfaundler (1872-1947), the chairman of paediatrics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Pfaundler influenced Ullrich in his interest in medical genetics. Pfaundler is eponymously associated with a reaction for coli- and Proteus-bacillus, and for Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome, or gargoylism. The latter is commonly known as Hurler's disease.
In 1922 Ullrich was appointed director of the policlinic and in 1929 achieved faculty status. In 1934 he moved to Berlin as director of the National Centre to Combat Infant Mortality, a post for which knowledge of human genetics was a prerequisite. Ullrich, however, was unhappy with the political atmosphere in Berlin, and after six months he moved to Essen, as director of the Municipal Children's Hospital. In 1939 Ullrich was called to the chair of paediatrics at Rostock and in 1943 he took up the chair in Bonn, where he remained until his death in 1957.
Ullrich's achievements were honoured in 1991 by the establishment of the Otto Ullrich medal for excellence in medical genetics. The creation of this award was announced in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, in an edition that contained an editorial and several articles pertaining to Ullrich and his scientific achievements.
Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann, professor emeritus of the University of Kiel and Ullrich's former chief resident, gave this account of his mentor's professional and personal attributes:
"As physician, Ullrich was very broad based. At the bedside he was patient and was quickly to win the trust of the child. He examined very calmly and was an excellent observer with a capacity to take in the essentials of the case at a glance. The laboratory data were reviewed routinely but were never overemphasised, quite in the highly critical and analytical Munich spirit. His special ability to retain and to recall previous cases allowed Ullrich to make correct diagnoses with surprising ease. His rounds were as punctual as clockwork and very thorough, offering a wealth of information and experienced counsel, enriched by his critical perspective and pronounced distaste against hastiness, especially in therapy. This was not only a result of his Munich background but also reflected his personal inclination.
As a human being Otto Ullrich had a gracious and noble personality, with a compelling glance and a care for moderation and compromise. Apart from professional contacts, Ullrich could be reserved with younger co-workers; however, when he was able to open himself to others he always engendered much joy."
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