Adolf Loewy

Adolf Loewy (German spelling- Adolf Löwy); (June 29, 1862 - December 26, 1937) was a German physiologist who was a native of Berlin.

He studied medicine in Vienna and Berlin, where in 1885 he received his medical doctorate. Later he was an assistant to Nathan Zuntz (1847-1920) at the "Landwirtschaftlichen Hochschule" (Agricultural University) in Berlin. In 1900 he became an assistant professor, and in 1921 was a professor and in charge of the "Schweizerisches Institut für Hochgebirgsphysiologie und Tuberkuloseforschung" (Swiss Institute for Altitude Physiology and Tuberculosis) at Davos. In 1925 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Loewy did extensive research in the field of altitude physiology. This included studies performed at the "Jüdischen Krankenhaus" (Jewish Hospital) at Berlin, and at Capanna Regina Margherita, a research station at the top of Monte Rosa, Italy. Here he worked with Dr. Zuntz, and other renowned scientists that included Angelo Mosso (1846-1910) and Arnold Durig (1872-1961).

With Austrian physiologist Hermann von Schrötter (1870-1928) he performed pioneer research in pulmonary hemodynamics. In 1905, through the use of an endobronchial catheter, they were the first to achieve airway separation on a human subject.

Selected written works

* "Untersuchungen über die Respiration und Zirkulation bei Änderung des Druckes und des Sauerstoffs der Luft" (Studies on the respiration and circulation regarding Air Pressure and Oxygen), Berlin, 1895
* "Untersuchungen über Blutcirculation beim Menschen", (Studies on Blood Circulation in Humans), (1905) 197-311; with Hermann von Schrötter
* "Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen". (Textbook of Human Physiology) Leipzig, 1909; with Nathan Zuntz
* "Über den Stoffverbrauch bei der landwirtschaftlichen Arbeit", (Concerning Energy Consumption in Agricultural Work), Wiener Med. Wschr. 27 (1925) 1585-1590; with Hermann von Schrötter
* "Über den Energieverbrauch bei musikalischer Betätigung" (Study on Energy Consumption of Musicians), (1926), with Hermann von Schrötter
* "Physiologie des Höhenklimas". (Physiology of Altitude Climate), J. Springer, Berlin 1932

References

* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=595&letter=L The Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer]
* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."