Paul Manasse

Paul Manasse (1866 to 1927) was a German physician who specialized in otology, the study and treatment of diseases of the ear. Born in Naugard on 14 March 1866, he studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen, Berlin and Strasbourg and then worked as an assistant at the otology clinic in Strasbourg. After a study trip to Vienna and Berlin he qualified as a university lecturer in otology at Strasbourg. He became director of the otology clinic there in 1901, an associate professor the following year and a full professor in 1911. In 1919 he moved to the University of Würzburg, where he founded a clinic at the Luitpold-Krankenhaus, and he died in Würzburg on 27 September 1927. His published works range from an 1891 book on treating pulmonary tuberculosis with diet and hygiene in institutions and spas to studies of chronic progressive deafness of the inner ear, otosclerosis, the pathological anatomy of the human ear and tuberculosis of the upper airways.