Ernst Brand Explained

Ernst Brand (2 January 1827 in Feuchtwangen  - 7 March 1897 in Stettin) was a German physician, known for his development of hydrotherapy (cold bath treatment) in the treatment of typhoid fever.^[1]

From 1845 to 1851 he studied medicine at the University of Erlangen, during which time he worked as a clinical assistant to Karl Friedrich Canstatt. In 1851 he received his doctorate with a dissertation-thesis on pyloric stenosis, and following graduation he undertook a study trip to Vienna, Paris and London. After completing the Prussian state exam he settled into a medical practice in Stettin.^[2]

Associated eponym

• "Brand method": For the treatment of typhoid fever. A regimen of giving baths in water at room temperature or lower every three hours. Process continued for as long as the rectal temperature is greater than 103°.^[3]

Published works

• Über Diabetes, 1849  - On diabetes.
• Die Stenose des Pylorus vom pathologisch- anatomischen Standpunkte aus geschildert (dissertation), 1851  - The stenosis of the pylorus from a pathological point of view.
• Die Hydrotherapie des Typhus, 1861  - Hydrotherapy for typhus.
• Zur Hydrotherapie des Typhus, Bericht über in St Petersburg, Stettin und Luxemburg hydriatrisch behandelte Fälle, 1863  - On hydrotherapy for typhus. Report on Saint Petersburg, Stettin and Luxembourg hydriatic-treated cases.
• Die Heilung des Typhus, 1868  - Healing therapy for typhus.
• Die Wasserbehandlung der typhösen Fieber, Abdominal- und Flecktyphus, 1877  - Water treatment of typhoid fever (abdominal and typhus).^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=_xQJAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Ernst+Brand%22+1827&pg=PA585 An Introduction to the history of medicine, with medical chronology ...
2. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Brand,_Ernst ADB:Brand, Ernst
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=OG0XAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ernst+Brand%22+1827+bath&pg=PA127 A practical medical dictionary
4. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABrand%2C+Ernst%2C&qt=hot_author WorldCat Search
5. http://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/histoire/biographies/?cle=10707 Brand (Ernst)