Karl Adolph von Basedow
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Carl Adolph von Basedow (28 March 1799 – 11 April 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease, now technically known as exophthalmic goiter.
Biography[]
Basedow was born in Dessau. He graduated from Halle University. He subsequently began general practice in Merseburg in 1822. He married early and became the town's chief medical officer, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. In 1840, Basedow reported on the conditions of what is now called Graves-Basedow disease. He died in Merseburg in 1854 after contracting spotted fever from a corpse he was dissecting.
Medical work[]
Basedow has three eponymous medical conditions: , a thyreotoxic coma; , the unilateral retraction of the upper lid in Basedow’s syndrome; and, Graves-Basedow disease, a disorder characterized by the "Merseburger triad": tachycardia, goitre, and exophthalmos. The term "Basedow’s disease" was suggested by in his .
References[]
- Karl Adolph von Basedow at WhoNamedIt.com
- "European Thyroid Association - Milestones - Carl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854)". Retrieved 7 December 2012.
Mark Family (descendants of Karl)
- 1799 births
- 1854 deaths
- People from Dessau-Roßlau
- People from Anhalt-Dessau
- German general practitioners