Ernst Fürstenheim

Ernst Fürstenheim (18 August 1836, in Köthen – 2 July 1904, in Berlin) was a German urologist.

He studied medicine in Berlin, Würzburg, Paris and London, obtaining his doctorate in 1861 with a thesis titled "De ratione, quae inter hypochondriam et hysteriam". As a student, his instructors included surgeon Bernhard von Langenbeck and Jean Civiale, a pioneer of lithotrity.[1] In 1863 he established a medical practice in Berlin, of which he specialized in diseases of the urinary tract.[2]

He was the author of several works on diseases of the male reproductive organs and of the urinary system, especially involving endoscopy of the urinary tract.[3] He is remembered for his efforts in regards to the popularization of urological endoscopy in Germany.[2] He is also credited with making improvements to the endoscope developed by Antonin Jean Desormeaux.[4]

Selected works
  • De ratione, quae inter hypochondriam et hysteriam, nec non inter has et morbos psychicos intercedit, 1861 (dissertation).[5]
  • Notizen über das Endoscop und seine Verwerthung, besonders in Krankheiten der Harnwege. — In: Deutsche Klinik, Berlin, 1863, XV, p. 313.
  • Ueber Endoskopie der Harnröhre und Blase. — In: Berliner klinische Wochenschr. 1870, VII, pp. 36, 47, 531, 542.[6]

References
  1. Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog, Volume 9 edited by Anton Bettelheim
  2. Ernst Fürstenheim (1836-1904). On the 150th birthday of the pioneer of Berlin urology Z Urol Nephrol. 1986 Dec;79(12):739-42.
  3. Biographisches Fürstenheim, Ernst Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte
  4. Full text of "Text-book of diseases of the kidneys and genito-urinary organs Archive.org
  5. De ratione, quae inter hypochondriam et hysteriam OCLC WorldCat
  6. Die Litteratur über die venerischen Krankheiten: Besonderer Theil I by Johann Karl Proksch
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