Leopold Casper (31 May 1859 – 16 March 1959) was a German physician and urologist born in Berlin.
He studied medicine in Berlin, London and Vienna, earning his doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1883. He received his habilitation in 1892, and in 1922 became an associate professor of urology. Due to his Jewish heritage, he fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and eventually settled in New York City (1941). He died in New York on March 16, 1959, a few months short of his 100th birthday.[1][2]
Casper is remembered for the introduction of functional kidney diagnostics into urological medicine. Also, he is credited for introducing a specialized cystoscope for ureteral catheterization).[2][3] He was an editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Urologie.[1][4]
In 1906 he was a founding member of the German Urological Society (DGfU).[1] Among his written works was a textbook on urology that was translated into English and augmented by Charles W. Bonney (translation of "Lehrbuch der Urologie mit Einschluss der männlichen Sexualerkrankungen" as "A text-book of genito-urinary diseases, including functional sexual disorders in man", 1906).[5]
References edit
- Hausmann, H (1987). "Our urologic heritage: Leopold Casper (1859-1959)". Zeitschrift für Urologie und Nephrologie. 80 (11): 653–6. PMID 3326366.
- Moll, F.H.; Rathert, P.; Fangerau, H. (2009). "Urologie und Nationalsozialismus am Beispiel von Leopold Casper (1859–1959)". Der Urologe. 48 (9): 1094–102. doi:10.1007/s00120-009-2046-9. PMID 19655122.
- ^ a b c Catalog der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (biographical information)
- ^ a b Moll, FH; Rathert, P; Fangerau, H (September 2009). "[Urology and National Socialism illustrated by the example of Leopold Casper (1859-1959)]". Urologe A. 48 (9): 1094–102. doi:10.1007/s00120-009-2046-9. PMID 19655122.
- ^ The American Medical Quarterly, Volume 1 by William Warren Potter
- ^ Monographien über die Zeugung beim Menschen: Künstliche Zeugung by Hermann Rohleder
- ^ A text-book of genito-urinary diseases HathiTrust Digital Library