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- (¤ 1894, 1969) Dermatologist. Hämel was born in Straubing on the Danube. He graduated from high school in Regensburg and studied medicine in Würzburg, where he passed the state examination in 1922. From 1925 dermatological training with Karl Zieler in Würzburg. 1928 senior physician there, 1929 habilitation. From 1933 Hämel was a party member of the NSDAP and a member of the SA. 1934 appointment as a.o. professor. In 1935 he received a call to Greifswald to succeed Walther Schönfeld, who had moved to Heidelberg. Hämel remained in Greifswald for only half a year. He then followed a call to Jena. When the University of Jena was to be proclaimed a "Socialist University" on the occasion of the 400th anniversary, he did not want this event to be associated with his name. In 1958, the 63-year-old demonstratively went to West Berlin. He lived in Munich until the spring of 1959. In 1959, he was appointed to the Heidelberg Chair of Dermatology in succession to Walther Schönfeld. In 1961/62, Hämel was elected Dean of the Medical Faculty. From 1961-1964 he was president of the German Faculty Association. He was also chairman of the editorial board of the Münchner Medizinische Wochenschrift. On April 9, 1969, Hämel died as a result of hypernephroma. His role during the National Socialist regime is disputed.
- Areas of research: Together with Hoede, he authored the chapter "Die Tuberkulose der Haut" in the "Handbuch der Hautkrankheiten" by Arzt and Zieler. His publications focused on the use of glucocorticoids and the problem of penicillin resistance. Furthermore, he dealt with the serology of syphilis, the introduction of the Nelson test, and the possibilities of cultural cultivation of gonococci.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer