Löwe, Ludwig

German physician; born at Berlin March 11, 1844. After graduating from the gymnasium, he attended the universities of Jena, Würzburg, Strasburg, and Breslau, leaving the last institution with the degree of doctor of medicine in 1872. In the following year he became an assistant at the anatomical institute of the University of Strasburg, which position he held till 1875, when he became an assistant at the dermatological hospital and dispensary of the Charité at Berlin, resigning this position in 1876. In 1878 he was admitted to the medical faculty of the University of Bern as lecturer on anatomy. He finally returned to Berlin and established himself as a specialist in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.

Löwe has contributed several essays to medical journals, and is the author of: "Beiträge zur Anatomie der Nase" (Berlin, 1878, 2d ed. 1883); "Beiträge zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Nervensystems" (vol. i., Berlin, 1880; vol. ii., Leipsic, 1883); "Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde," 1884.

Bibliography:

  * Pagel, Biog. Lex. 1901.



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