Eugen Rehfisch was a German physician born in Kempen

Kepno

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 (today- Kępno, Poland).

He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin and Wurzburg

University of Würzburg

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, earning his doctorate in 1887. Soon afterwards he worked as a physician in Berlin

Berlin

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, where he was a colleague of urologist Leopold Casper

Leopold Casper

Leopold Casper was a German physician and urologist born in Berlin.He studied medicine in Berlin, London and Vienna, earning his doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1883. He received his habilitation in 1892, and in 1922 became an associate professor of urology...

 (1859-1959). From 1896 to 1900 he performed important urodynamic

Urodynamic testing

Urodynamic testing refers to the process of performing urodynamics. Urodynamics is a study that assesses how the bladder and urethra are performing their job of storing and releasing urine...

 research at the university's institute of physiology

Physiology

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. In 1919 he was awarded the title of professor.

Rehfisch is remembered for his investigations on the physiology of micturition and bladder

Bladder

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 innervation, and is credited as being the first to gauge the phenomena of bladder pressure and urinary flow simultaneously in a human being. From these experiments, he helped lay a foundation for the advancement of modern urodynamics.

The "Eugen-Rehfisch-Preis" is an award issued by the Forum Urodynamicum in recognition for achievements the field of neuro-urology. From 1900 onwards, Rehfish's scientific focus was largely in the disciplines of cardiology

Cardiology

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 and psychiatry

Psychiatry

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.

Selected publications

• Ueber acute Spermatocystitis. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 21, ss. 334–335 (1895)
• Über den Mechanismus des Harnblasenverschlusses und der Harnentleerung. Virchows Archiv 150, 1, ss. 111–151 (1897)
• Über die Innervation der Harnblase. Virchows Archiv 161, 3, ss. 528–568 (1900)
• Die Prognose der Herzarhytmie. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 29, ss. 347–351 (1903)
• Nervöse und kardiale Arhythmie. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 30, ss. 382–429 (1904)
• Die experimentellen Grundlagen des Elektromyogramms. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 36, s. 977–1038 (1910)
• Zur Diagnose der Pulmonalinsuffizienz. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 40, s. 221 (1914)

External links

• FORUM URODYNAMICUM e.V. Eugen-Rehfisch-Award