Jakob Heine 323416 224968992 2008-07-11T06:31:04Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox Person | name = Jakob Heine | image = Jakobheine.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = The German physician Jakob Heine | birth_date = {{Birth date|1800|4|16}} | birth_place = [[Lauterbach, Baden-Württemberg|Lauterbach]], Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|1879|11|12|1800|4|16}} | death_place = [[Cannstatt]], Germany | other_names = Jakob von Heine | known_for = Discovery of [[poliomyelitis]] | occupation = physician, orthopedist }} [[Image:Heinews1-2.jpg|right|thumb|Jakob Heine's bronze bust at Warm Springs]] '''Jakob''' (or '''Jacob''') '''Heine''' ([[April 16]], [[1800]], [[Lauterbach, Baden-Württemberg|Lauterbach]] ([[Black Forest]], [[Germany]]) – [[November 12]], [[1879]], [[Cannstatt]], [[Germany]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Orthopedic surgery|orthopaedist]]. He is most famous for his study, in 1840, into [[polio]]myelitis, which was the first medical report on the disease, and the first time the illness was recognised as a clinical entity. Poliomyelitis is often known as ''Heine-Medin disease'', after the work of Heine and [[Karl Oskar Medin]]. Heine studied classical languages and theology before turning to medicine, a decision influenced by his uncle, [[Johann Georg Heine]], who owned an orthopaedic institute in [[Würzburg]]. He was awarded a doctorate in 1827. In the 1830s, Jakob Heine opened an orthopaedic institution in [[Cannstatt]] near [[Stuttgart]] and served as director there until 1865. In his institution patients from all over Europe were treated. Heine's special interests were [[scoliosis]], [[clubfeet]] and [[paralysis]] of arms and legs. He also used washings and gymnastics as a therapy. One of the sons with his wife Henriette Ludovike Camerer (1807–1884) (married in 1831) was [[Carl Wilhelm Heine]] (1838–1877), one of the most famous European [[surgeon]]s of the 19th Century. An honorary citizen of Cannstatt, Heine received the titles of ''Court counselor'' and ''Privy counselor'', and was raised to the nobility with the [[Württemberg]]ian Order of the Crown. Heine was also honoured at [[Warm Springs, Georgia]], [[United States|USA]], where his bronze bust can be found along with those of other polio experts and US president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in the [[Polio Hall of Fame]]. == Literature == *Hans Hekler: ''Jakob Heine. Vom König geadelt und in aller Welt geehrt''. In: D’Kräz (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt und Raumschaft Schramberg), Heft 10, Schramberg 1990 ([http://www.hanshekler.de/ch/history/Heine/Jakob_Heine.pdf also PDF online]) *Heinz Hansen: ''Die Orthopädenfamilie Heine. Leben und Wirken der einzelnen Familienmitglieder im Zeichen einer bedeutenden deutschen Familientradition des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts''. doctoral thesis, Dresden 1993 ==External links== *[http://www.hanshekler.de/ch/history/Heine/jakobheine.htm German Biography] *[http://www.hanshekler.de/ch/history/Heine/warmspringse.htm Heine honoured at Warm Springs] {{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Jakob}} [[Category:German physicians]] [[Category:1800 births]] [[Category:1879 deaths]] [[Category:Poliomyelitis]] [[de:Jakob Heine]]