Josef Arneth

Josef Arneth (13 October 1873 in Burgkunstadt – 1955) was a German physician and haematologist known for naming the Arneth count.

Biography

Josef Arneth was born in 1873 in Burgkunstadt, Upper Franconia. He studied medicine at universities in Munich, Heidelberg and Würzburg, qualifying in 1897. He subsequently worked in Würzburg before becoming professor of medicine in Münster in 1907, a position he held until 1944. He published several books on haematology, and produced research on neutrophils and their changes in reaction to infection for which he is remembered.

External links

Josef Arneth at Who Named It?

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 69217661 LCCN: n2014183215 ISNI: 0000 0001 0912 8682 GND: 117662798 BNF: cb15059600q (data)

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