page_title: Max Askanazy
hierarchical_section_title: Max Askanazy
caption_attribution_description: English: Max Askanazy (1865 - 1940) was a german pathologist, born in Stallupönen/East-Prussia, todays Kaliningrad oblast/ Russia. He studied an worked at the Albertus-University of Koenigsberg/ Prussia as scholar of Ernst Neumann (1834 - 1918). He went to the University of Genf in 1905 and became a well-known pathologist. Deutsch: Max Askanazy (1865 - 1940) war ein deutscher und Schweizer Pathologe. Er studierte und arbeitete am Pathologischen Institut in Königsberg (heute Kaliningrad/ Russland). Bekannt geworden ist er durch die Blutforschung, indem er die postembryonal gebildete "pluripotente Blutstammzelle" postulierte. Weiterhin stellte er als einer der ersten Pathologen fest, dass eine Infektion eines Organs in ein Karzinom übergehen kann und forderte den Ausbau einer experimentellen Geschwulstlehre.
context_page_description: Max Askanazy was a German-Swiss pathologist.
  In 1890 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Königsberg, where he worked for several years in its pathological institute. In 1903 he obtained the title of professor. In 1905 he succeeded Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn, as professor of general pathology at the University of Geneva, a position he maintained until 1939.
  Askanazy made contributions in the fields of hematology and parasitology, also conducting important research of bone pathology and the formation of tumors in humans. In 1898 he was the first scientist to describe Hürthle cells, and in 1904 he was the first to link osteitis fibrosa cystica with parathyroid tumors. In 1921, he provided an early description of Schaumann bodies, and two years later, he was the first to describe a gastric carcinoid tumor.
  In 1928, he founded the Société internationale de pathologie géographique, which would play an important role in the formation of the epidemiology of cancer.
context_section_description: Max Askanazy (24 February 1865, Stallupönen, East Prussia – 23 October 1940, Geneva, Switzerland) was a German-Swiss pathologist.
  In 1890 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Königsberg, where he worked for several years in its pathological institute. In 1903 he obtained the title of professor. In 1905 he succeeded Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn (1845-1904), as professor of general pathology at the University of Geneva, a position he maintained until 1939.
  Askanazy made contributions in the fields of hematology and parasitology, also conducting important research of bone pathology and the formation of tumors in humans. In 1898 he was the first scientist to describe Hürthle cells, and in 1904 he was the first to link osteitis fibrosa cystica with parathyroid tumors. In 1921, he provided an early description of Schaumann bodies (kalkdrusen), and two years later, he was the first to describe a gastric carcinoid tumor.
  In 1928, he founded the Société internationale de pathologie géographique (The International Society for Geographical Pathology), which would play an important role in the formation of the epidemiology of cancer.
caption: Max Askanazy (1865-1940)