Wilhelm Löffler (medical doctor)

[1] After studying in various cities including Geneva, Vienna, Strassburg, and Basel, he obtained his doctorate in 1911.

After working under various mentors he succeeded Otto Nägeli (1871-1938) as an associate professor of internal medicine and director of the medical polyclinic at the institution from 1921-1937.

He retired in 1938, after serving as the Dean of Medical Faculty for two years and continued to give regular lectures until 1971.

[2] He was well known for being a caring professor, often challenging his students to ensure they understood the information, and promoting the scientific method in clinical medicine.

He promoted the X-ray surveillance screening for tuberculosis in the civilian population and within military ranks and effectively helped reduce the number of tuberculosis cases [2] In 1955, he confirmed the diagnosis (made by Dr. Mülders from Leiden) of German novelist and Nobel laureate Thomas Mann with thrombophlebitis.