Oskar Minkowski

Oskar Minkowski
Born	January 13, 1858 Kaunas, Lithuania
Died	July 18, 1931 Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
Institutions	University of Breslau
Known for	pancreas and diabetes
Influences	Josef von Mering

Oskar Minkowski (January 13, 1858, Kaunas, Russian Empire now Lithuania - July 18, 1931, Sanatorium Fürstenburg an der Havel, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany)

He held a professor at at the University of Breslau and is most famous for his research on diabetes. He is the brother of the mathematician Hermann Minkowski and father of astrophysicist Rudolph Minkowski.

Discovery of the role of pancreas in diabetes

Minkowski worked with Josef von Mering on the study of diabetes at the University of Strasbourg. Their landmark study in 1889 in dogs induced diabetes by removing their pancreas. It was Minkowski who performed the operation and made the crucial link to recognize that the symptoms of the treated dogs were due to diabetes. Thus they were able to indicate that the pancreas contained regulators to control blood sugar; they also provided model for the study of diabetes. Their work led other doctors and scientists to pursue further research on the relation of the pancreas to diabetes, and ultimately resulted in the discovery of insulin as a treatment for the disease.

• Joseph von Mering, Oskar Minkowski: Diabetes mellitus nach Pankreasextirpation. Centralblatt für klinische Medicin, Leipzig, 1889, 10 (23): 393-394. Archiv für experimentelle Patholgie und Pharmakologie, Leipzig, 1890, 26: 37. It begins with, After removal of the pancreas dogs get diabetes. It starts sometime after the operation and will persist for weeks continuously until their death...

Minkowski Prize

In recognition of the discovery by Minkowski the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annually awards the Minkowski Prize for outstanding original work of a younger investigator in diabetes research.^[1]

See also

• Minkowski-Chauffard syndrome

Notes

1. ^ Minkowski Prize

External links

• Biography
• More on the famous experiment

Persondata
Name	Minkowski, Oskar
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 13, 1858
Place of birth	Kaunas, Lithuania
Date of death	July 18, 1931
Place of death	Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany

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