Theodor Bilharz and a life trip to Egypt
2019; Medknow; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.21608/puj.2019.10929.1036
ISSN2090-2646
Autores Tópico(s)Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
ResumoThe early life of Theodor BilharzThe year 1851 is considered an important date in the history of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology.In this particular year, the young German physician Theodor Maximilian Bilharz (Figure 1) managed to reveal the mystery of hematuria known since antiquity in Egypt.This discovery is one of the major events in the history of medicine.Theodor Bilharz was born on 23 rd of March, 1825 in the town of Sigmaringen, in the Dukedum of Hohenollern on the Danube in Germany [1] .He grew up in a typical Biedermeier environment.His father, Josef Antony Bilharz (1788-1877), was a councilor of the exchequer, the advisor to Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811-1885).His mother Elsa Fehr was born in Switzerland to a well-known family, and got married to Mr. Josef Bilharz in 1824.Theodor was the first of nine children in his family.He liked his youngest brother Alfons and used to spend time and share activities with him.He loved nature, collected samples of rocks, plants and butterflies, which he examined and described carefully with great precision.He had a great interest in literature and was even talented in writing poems; one of them is: "Die Trane des Seraphs" or "The travels of the Seraphs", but he didn't know that he might be one of these seraphs [1] . Studies of Theodor BilharzTheodor Bilharz studied in the secondary school of Simaringen and finished the Fürstlich Sigmaringer Gymnasium with good marks.Later, he studied philosophy for two years at the Albert-Ludwigs-
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