Horst Bickel

Horst Bickel (28 June 1918 – 1 December 2000) was a German medical doctor.

[1] With Guido Fanconi, he characterized Glycogen storage disease type XI in 1949.

[1][3] In 1951, Bickel, Evelyn Hickmans and John Gerrard were persuaded by a persistent mother to help her daughter, Sheila, who was suffering from phenylketonuria.

They created a diet that was low in phenylalanine and the daughter's condition improved.

[4] Bickel, Gerrard and Hickmans were awarded the John Scott Medal in 1962 for their discovery.