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Max Holzmann

Max Holzmann

Swiss cardiologist (1899–1994)


Max Holzmann (31 March 1899 27 January 1994) was a Swiss cardiologist.

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Early life

Max Holzmann was born on 31 March 1899 in Zürich, the son of physician Moritz Holzmann and Anna Helena Lerch. Holzmann took a degree in medicine in Zurich and Lausanne, and in 1923 graduated with a doctor of medicine degree. Holzmann worked as a doctor in Vienna, Paris and at the University Hospital in Zürich.

Holzmann taught from 1959 to 1969 as a lecturer and honorary professor at the University of Zurich. He also acted in 1948 as co-founder of the Swiss Society of Cardiology, of which he was president from 1952 to 1955.

Personal life

In 1931, Holzmann married Elisa, daughter of Emil Rüegg, in Zürich. He died on 27 January 1994 in Zürich, aged 94.

Publications

Holzmann published over a hundred papers on radiology and electrocardiography.

  • Clinical Electrocardiography (textbook), 1945–1965, 5th edition

Honours


References

  1. "Past laureates – Benoist". marcel-benoist.ch. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

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