Michael Anton Biermer

Michael Anton Biermer
Born	October 18, 1827 Bamberg
Died	October 15, 1892 Schöneberg
Nationality	German
Education	University of Würzburg
Occupation	Doctor

Michael Anton Biermer (October 18, 1827 – October 15, 1892) was a German internist who was a native of Bamberg.

In 1851 he earned his doctorate from the University of Würzburg, where he was a student of Rudolf Virchow. Later he was a professor at Bern (from 1861), Zurich (from 1867) and Breslau (1874-91). Two of his better known students were surgeon Theodor Kocher (1841-1917) in Zurich, and dermatologist Albert Neisser (1855-1916) in Breslau.

Biermer is remembered for his 1872 description of a disorder he called " progressive pernicious anemia". He wrote about the disease in an article titled Über eine eigentümliche Form von progressiver, perniciöser Anaemie. He called it "pernicious anemia" because of the disease's insidious course, and because it was deemed to be untreatable at the time. In 1849, Thomas Addison described the same disease, however Biermer's description was much more comprehensive. Historically, pernicious anemia has also been called "Addison-Biermer disease". His name is also associated with a medical percussion phenomenon known as "Biermer's change of note".^[1]

References

• Michael Anton Biermer @ Who Named It

1. ^ Diseases of the chest and the principles of physical diagnosis by George William Norris, et al.

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Name	Biermer, Michael Anton
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Date of birth	October 18, 1827
Place of birth	Bamberg
Date of death	October 15, 1892
Place of death	Schöneberg