Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen

Hugo (Wilhelm) von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald.

He studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald, Berlin, and Würzburg.

In 1863 he was called to the University of Erlangen as a professor of pathology and therapy as well as the director of the medical clinic.

[1] He made advances in electrotherapeutics, conducted research on cold-water treatment for typhus and lung inflammation, and became an authority on diseases of the larynx and esophagus.

In collaboration with prominent specialists, he published: From 1865 onwards, with Friedrich Albert von Zenker, he edited the journal "Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin".