Ludwig Grünwald

Ludwig Grünwald (10 February 1863, Vienna – 11 August 1927) was an Austrian born, German internist and otolaryngologist.

He studied medicine in Munich, where after graduation, he opened a practice in internal medicine. He became a specialist in the field of otorhinolaryngology, being credited as the first physician to attempt surgery for the treatment of nasal suppuration and disease associated with the ethmoid and sphenoid bones.^[1]

Along with internist Richard May (1863-1936), he developed a solution that later became known as the "May-Grünwald stain" — a stain used for peripheral blood film and bone marrow.^[1] His books on diseases of the larynx and on nasal suppuration have been translated into English.^[2][3]

Aside from otolaryngology, he is also remembered for his discovery of a large ecchymosis located in the umbilicus associated with acute pancreatitis, the Grünwald's sign.

Selected writings

• Die Lehre von den Naseneiterungen mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Erkrankungen des Sieb- und Keilbeins und deren chirurgische Behandlung. München, Leipzig, J. F. Lehmann, 1893. 2nd, revised, edition, 1896. English translation 1900.
• "Atlas and abstract of the diseases of the larynx", translated into English by Charles Prevost Grayson.
• "A treatise on nasal suppuration or, Suppurative diseases of the nose and its accessory sinuses"; Translated from the second German edition by William Lamb / London : Baillière, 1900.
• Atlas und Grundriss der Krankheiten der Mundhöhle, des Rachens und der Nase. second edition, enlarged and completely revised, 1902.
• Atlas und Grundriss der Kehlkopfkrankheiten. München, J. F. Lehmann, 1897. 100 pages. Volume 14 of Lehmann's Medizinische Handatlanten. second edition, enlarged and revised, as: Grundriss der Kehlkopfkrankheiten und Atlas der Laryngoskopie. München, 1907.^[4]

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