Carl Adolph von Basedow
Born	(1799-03-28)28 March 1799
Died	11 April 1854(1854-04-11) (aged 55)
Nationality	German
Occupation	Physician

Carl Adolph von Basedow (28 March 1799 – 11 April 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease, now technically known as exophthalmic goiter.

Biography[edit]

Basedow was born in Dessau. He graduated from Halle University. He subsequently began general practice in Merseburg in 1822. He married early and became the town's chief medical officer, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. In 1840, Basedow reported on the conditions of what is now called Graves-Basedow disease. He died in Merseburg in 1854 after contracting spotted fever from a corpse he was dissecting.

Medical work[edit]

Basedow has three eponymous medical conditions: Basedow's coma, a thyreotoxic coma; Basedow's ocular syndromes, the unilateral retraction of the upper lid in Basedow’s syndrome; and, Graves-Basedow disease, a disorder characterized by the "Merseburger triad": tachycardia, goitre, and exophthalmos. The term "Basedow’s disease" was suggested by Georg Hirsch in his Klinische Fragmente.

References[edit]

• Karl Adolph von Basedow at WhoNamedIt.com
• "European Thyroid Association - Milestones - Carl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854)". Retrieved 7 December 2012.

Mark Family (descendants of Karl)