Origin Formalized as a distinct discipline with the founding of the American Congress on Internal Medicine on 8 January 1915, which four months later founded the American College of Physicians.
The specialty devoted to the prevention, diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases affecting adults' internal organ systems. It emerged from the German concept of innere Medizin, which William Osler is credited with introducing to North America, combining bedside clinical observation with physiology, bacteriology and pathology. It underpins most other adult medical subspecialties, including cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology.
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Origin PeriodFormalized as a distinct discipline with the founding of the American Congress on Internal Medicine on 8 January 1915, which four months later founded the American College of Physicians. 2 Classification
Type/Classification Internal Medicine
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Where does the term internal medicine come from?
It comes from the German innere Medizin and reached North America through William Osler.
The specialty emerged from the German concept of innere Medizin, which William Osler is credited with introducing to North America. It combined bedside clinical observation with physiology, bacteriology and pathology, and it underpins most other adult medical subspecialties, including cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology.
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Complex multisystem condition with no single owning subspecialty; managed under internal medicine.
Adult primary care overlaps with internal medicine
Nephrology is an internal medicine subspecialty
Rheumatology is an internal medicine subspecialty
Notable Specialists
Source Adolf Wallenberg (source article)
Source Albert Fraenkel (Wikipedia)
Source Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (Wikipedia)
Source Christiaan Eijkman (Wikipedia)
Source Emil von Dungern (Wikipedia)
Source Ernst von Leyden (Wikipedia)
Source Erwin Bälz (Wikipedia)
Source Franziska Tiburtius (Wikipedia)
Source Fritz Lickint (Wikipedia)
Source Georg Groscurth (Wikipedia)
Source Heiko von der Leyen (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich Curschmann (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich Quincke (Wikipedia)
Source Helmut Poppendick (Wikipedia)
Source Hermann Nothnagel (Wikipedia)
Source Hermann Sahli (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Kurt Plötner (German Wikipedia)
Source Ludolf von Krehl (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Traube (physician) (Wikipedia)
Source Michael Anton Biermer (Wikipedia)
Source Ottomar Rosenbach (source article)
Source Paul Georges Dieulafoy (Wikipedia)
Source Rahel Hirsch (Wikipedia)
Source About us (Royal College of Physicians)
Source Sergey Botkin (Wikipedia)
Source Theodor Brugsch (Wikipedia)
Source Wilhelm Ebstein (Wikipedia)
Source Willem Kolff (Wikipedia)
Source William Cullen (Wikipedia)
William Osler is called the father of modern, bedside-teaching internal medicine.
Source Woldemar Kernig (Wikipedia)
Treats
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. History of ACP
American College of Physiciansacponline.org History of ACP page, Dr. Heinrich Stern - Our Founder sectionQuote, acponline.org History of ACP page, Dr. Heinrich Stern - Our Founder section
If internal medicine was to advance and assume its rightful position in medicine, there had to be an American College of Physicians.
About us (Royal College of Physicians)
Royal College of PhysiciansNotable Specialists: Royal College of PhysiciansView the Source Willem Kolff (Wikipedia)
Christiaan Eijkman (Wikipedia)
Heinrich Quincke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Quincke, Lead, specialtyQuote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Quincke, Lead, specialty
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke (26 August 1842-19 May 1922) was a German internist and surgeon.
William Cullen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: William Cullen, Lead section, field of practiceQuote, Notable Specialists: William Cullen, Lead section, field of practice
First Lines of the Practice of Physic
Sergey Botkin (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Sergey Botkin, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Sergey Botkin, Lead [in-group]
was a Russian clinician, therapist, and activist
Heiko von der Leyen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heiko von der Leyen, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Heiko von der Leyen, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
between 1988 and 1992 in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Wikipedia: Kurt Plötner (German Wikipedia)
WikipediaNotable Specialists: Kurt Plötner, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Kurt Plötner, Lead
war ein deutscher Internist
Wilhelm Ebstein (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Ebstein, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Ebstein, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Ebstein authored medical studies on diabetes, gout and obesity.
Erwin Bälz (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Erwin Bälz, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Erwin Bälz, Article text
was a German internist
Ottomar Rosenbach (source article)
Notable Specialists: Ottomar Rosenbach, NDB header lineQuote, Notable Specialists: Ottomar Rosenbach, NDB header line
Internist, * 4.1.1851 Krappitz
Rahel Hirsch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Rahel Hirsch, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Rahel Hirsch, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
started her own internal medicine practice in Berlin
Ludwig Traube (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Traube (physician), Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Traube (physician), Article text [specialist-in]
head physician of the internal medicine department
Ludolf von Krehl (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludolf von Krehl, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludolf von Krehl, Article text [specialist-in]
was a German internist and physiologist
Hermann Sahli (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Sahli, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Sahli, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a Swiss internist who was a native of Bern
Fritz Lickint (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Fritz Lickint, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Fritz Lickint, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German internist and social democrat
Ernst von Leyden (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ernst von Leyden, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ernst von Leyden, Article text [specialist-in]
Ernst Viktor von Leyden (20 April 1832-5 October 1910) was a German internist from Danzig.
Emil von Dungern (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Emil von Dungern, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Emil von Dungern, Article text [specialist-in]
Baron Emil von Dungern (26 November 1867-4 September 1961) was a German internist.
Paul Georges Dieulafoy (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Paul Georges Dieulafoy, Article body [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Paul Georges Dieulafoy, Article body [specialist-in]
His Handbook of Internal Pathology, published from 1880 to 1884, was widely used at the time.
Helmut Poppendick (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Helmut Poppendick, Education and Nazi activitiesQuote, Notable Specialists: Helmut Poppendick, Education and Nazi activities
He was an internist
Hermann Nothnagel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Nothnagel, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Nothnagel, Lead sentence
was a German internist
Woldemar Kernig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Woldemar Kernig, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Woldemar Kernig, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was a Russian internist and neurologist of Baltic German descent
Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt, Lead paragraph
was a German internist born in Speyer
Theodor Brugsch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Theodor Brugsch, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Theodor Brugsch, Lead paragraph
was a German internist and politician
Adolf Wallenberg (source article)
Notable Specialists: Adolf Wallenberg, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Adolf Wallenberg, Lead paragraph
10 April 1949) was a German internist and neurologist.
Georg Groscurth (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Georg Groscurth, Life sectionQuote, Notable Specialists: Georg Groscurth, Life section
From 1933 Groscurth worked as an internist at the Robert Koch Hospital in Berlin
Michael Anton Biermer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Michael Anton Biermer, Lead sectionQuote, Notable Specialists: Michael Anton Biermer, Lead section
Michael Anton Biermer (18 October 1827-15 October 1892) was a German internist who was a native of Bamberg.
Heinrich Curschmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Curschmann, Lead sectionQuote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Curschmann, Lead section
Heinrich Curschmann (28 June 1846-6 May 1910) was a German internist who was a native of Giessen.
Franziska Tiburtius (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Franziska Tiburtius, Life and work [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Franziska Tiburtius, Life and work [specialist-in]
she also completed an internship as a doctor of internal medicine
Albert Fraenkel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert Fraenkel, Early life paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Albert Fraenkel, Early life paragraph
He initially practiced internal medicine and obstetrics
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