Friedrich Moritz (* 10 December 1861 in Mainz; "† 12 January 1938 in Cologne), was a German physician and internalist.

Moritz was the son of the attorney and owner of brewery Johann Baptist Moritz. Its school time completed Moritz in its hometown in the years 1872 to 1874 and changed afterwards until 1874 to Koblenz. In Neuwied Moritz reached then 1880 the Abitur and began still in the same year at the University of Bonn law to study.

1889/81 carried as a one year's its military service for Moritz out in 53. Infantry regiment off. Equivalent afterwards, he began to study peppering castle medicine at the university. 1883 changed in the same subject to the University of Berlin, remained there until 1884 and went afterwards to Munich. There Moritz could terminate then 1885 its study with its thesis "“over the chemistry of the transudates and with the exudates"”; on 28 July 1885 it locked its graduation study with the note Summa cum laude. The license to practise medicine was given Moritz almost one year later, on 9 July 1886.

In the years 1886 to 1887 Moritz studied chemistry and became 1887 assistant of Professor Dr. Hugo von Ziemssen. In this time developed the first bases for its Habilitation, which Moritz then to 31. March 1890 reached.

Moritz introduced a course of the "“clinical Technizismen "“as a first physician into Germany and as a clinician the Punktion of the Kubitalvene. On 16 July 1892 appointment as the regular extra full professor and line of the medical health center Reisingerianum in the Munich sunning route. To its Dienstpflichten also regular lectures belonged, in which it brought up for discussion the medical health center"” and "“the history of the medicine"” until 1902 particularly "“.

1902 one entrusted Moritz with the line of the medical hospital in grab forest)), later one appointed it to the medical hospital in [[pour. In these years busy itself Moritz mainly with the study of the physiological operational sequence and their influence on the function of the stomach. Also as it 1907 a call to the University of Strasbourg assumed, was secured the continuation of these work.

Four years later one transferred it the medical total line of the hospital lime tree castle and line of the medical hospital into Cologne. Moritz busy itself since its Habilitation also very intensively with questions the nutrition and digesting and was in the area an outstanding specialist likewise. Thus it hardly takes to miracle that assigned to Dr. at that time Konrad Adenauer asked it personally for an appraisal. Moritz should that, 1915 patientierte, war bread "“Rheini bread factories '' of Jean Oebel to examine.

Moritz with Helene Thomas, what was married however 1917 died. After two-year mourning time Moritz married 1919 in second marriage Marie Sophie multistoried building.

Effective 1 October 1920 been promoted Moritz to the vice-rector of the Cologne university and 1925 selected it the German society for internal medicine as its chairman.

On the occasion of its 74. Birthday appointed it 1935 the city Cologne their appointment as the honour citizen.

At the age of 76 years Professor Dr. Friedrich Moritz died on 12 January 1938 in Cologne.

In the year 66. Day of death, archives of the Cologne university honoured Professor Moritz with an intending exhibition (14. - 16 October 2004).

Works (chronological)

• Contributions to the theory of the exudates and transudates. Deer field, Leipzig 1886
• Fundamentals of the patient nutrition. Twenty-one lectures for studying and physicians. Enke, Stuttgart 1898
• Over simplified handling of the calorie values with practical nourishing questions. Lehmann, Munich 1919
• Over the welfare strength of nature. Rektorats inaugural speech, held at the University of Cologne in the winter semester 1920. Mueller, 1921
• From the medical faculty of the old university. In: Anniversary publication for memory of the establishment of the old University of Cologne in the year 1388 (1938), P. 237-287

Literature

• Hans Dietlen: Friedrich Moritz. A large clinician. Pick, Cologne 1950

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