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Prof. Dr. med. Günther Ritzel.
Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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Author | Brubacher, G. |
Copyright Year | 1989 |
Abstract | The Publishers and Editors of the International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research share the grief of the international scientific community and would like to express their sincere sympathy to his family. Günther Ritzel was born in Frankfurt (Germany) on 11 October 1924. His family had to flee the Nazi terror in the 1930s and found a new home in Basel (Switzerland). At Basel University he studied medicine and received his diploma in 1950. Subsequently, he received his training in pharmacology under K. Bucher and in biochemistry under K. Bernhard. At that time, K. Bernhard was one of the pioneers of the isotope methodology, and with the help of this method Dr. Ritzel investigated many problems of lipid and vitamin metabolism. Mention should be made of his findings that in absorption of retinol bilirubin acts as a natural antioxidant (Bernhard K., Ritzel G., Steiner K. U. [1954] Helv Chim Acta 37, 306). After three years of research work in the laboratory, he returned to clinical medicine and became a specialist in internal medicine in 1957. In the same year, he was elected Director of the Cantonal School Medical Department of Basel-Stadt, and during his 32 years in office led it to international recognition. In 1960, he introduced the general oral vaccination of school children against polio and has been decisively involved in water fluoridation. Yet his main interest was not just to improve the physical health of school children by preventive measures, but also to further their mental and social well-being. |
File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
PubMed reference number | 2689377 |
Journal | Medline |
Volume Number | 59 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/CC/Ritzel_1989_ch.pdf |
Journal | International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Biography |