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Descriptive Summary
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Collection Summary
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Restrictions
Series Descriptions
Series I: Personal and Biographical,
1922-1967
Series II: Correspondence,
1912-1977
Series III: Laboratory and Research Files,
1920-1967
Series IV: Professional Activities,
1946-1966
Series V: Writings,
1933-1966
Series VI: Printed Material,
1925-1965
Series VII: Photographs,
1929-1970
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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| Collection Number: | MS C 535 |
| Creator: | Diringshofen, Heinz von, 1900- |
| Title: | Heinz von Diringshofen Papers
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| Dates: | 1912-1977 (bulk 1930-1960) |
| Quantity: | 5.88 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Heinz von Diringshofen (1900-1967) was a pioneer in aviation and space medicine, contributing greatly to the field through his research on the effects of weightlessness on pilots and human tolerance to multiple g-loads. The collection consists largely of materials documenting Diringshofen's laboratory and research activities and of published and unpublished writings by Diringshofen and others. |
Heinz von Diringshofen (1900-1967) was a pioneer in aviation and space medicine, contributing greatly to the field through his research on the effects of weightlessness on pilots and human tolerance to multiple g-loads. Diringshofen advanced aviation research greatly when he developed the first experimental human centrifuge in Berlin in 1934.
Heinz von Diringshofen was born in Magdeburg, Germany on January 22, 1900. After service in the German army during World War I, Diringshofen completed his medical studies from 1919 to 1925 at the Universities of Berlin and Munich. From 1927 to 1945, Diringshofen was a medical officer in the Reichswehr and later in the Luftwaffe, retiring as a surgeon-colonel. He trained as a pilot in 1927 in Ukraine with the Russians, who had offered training facilities to Germany, which was restricted by the Treaty of Versailles from conducting military air activities.
Diringshofen was a medical chief of staff in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
During a leave of absence from the University of Frankfurt am Main, Diringshofen was a consultant to the Aeromedical Institute of the Argentinean Air Force from 1951 to 1956. Diringshofen was a professor in space and aeromedicine at the University of Frankfurt am Main and the University of Munich.
Diringshofen, with himself as pilot, conducted many early experiments involving vertical flight. He was reputed to be the founder of aeromedical test flights using exact physiological measurements, including the electrocardiogram and the continuous measurement of blood pressure and respiration by means of cinematography.
In 1934, Diringshofen, as chief of the Aeromedical Institute in Berlin, introduced the first large human centrifuge to aeromedical research, which produced seventeen times the force of gravity. From 1937 to 1939, Diringshofen continued his research on free fall in vertical dives to investigate the limits of tolerable acceleration on the crew, using a dive-bomber equipped with X-ray equipment.
Heinz von Diringshofen died in Frankfurt, Germany in May 1967.
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Correspondence, photographs, research materials, writings, and drafts (1912-1977; 5.88 linear feet) document the official portion of Heinz von Diringshofen's career in aviation and space medicine research. From the development of the human centrifuge in 1934 until his death in 1967, Diringshofen was instrumental to the advancement of aviation and space medicine.
The collection consists largely of materials documenting Diringshofen's laboratory and research activities and of published and unpublished writings by Diringshofen and others. The collection includes laboratory notes, technical drawings and diagrams, as well as printed material pertaining to aviation research and research societies. The collection is primarily in German and Spanish.
Series I: Personal and Biographical consists of biographical data and resumes, as well as documentation relating to Diringshofen's activities during World War II.
Series II: Correspondence consists of correspondence covering the years 1912 through 1967, including correspondence on the occasion of Diringshofen's 65th birthday.
Series III: Laboratory and Research Files consists of files documenting Diringshofen's research in both Germany and Argentina. This series consists primarily of typed and handwritten notes by Diringshofen, in addition to technical drawings and diagrams, including full-scale anatomical drawings.
Series IV: Professional Activities contains records of Diringshofen's association with professional societies and committees at universities, as well as material relating to conferences.
Series V: Writings consists of published and unpublished writings and reprints by Diringshofen, as well as manuscript drafts and Ghid Medical Pentru Echipagiile Aero-Navigante (in Romanian).
Series VI: Printed Material consists of clippings, reprints of others, medical advertisements and journals relating to aviation medicine, as well as Regeln und Ratschläge zur Wissenschaftlichen Forschung by S. Ramón y Cajal (1938).
Series VII: Photographs consists of photographs, negatives, and glass slides of images used in Diringshofen's publications, as well as negatives of cartoon posters of military health warnings, dated 1929 to 1933.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Aerospace medicine |
| Geographic Names |
| | Germany |
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Diringshofen, Heinz von. Heinz von Diringshofen Papers. 1912-1977 (bulk 1930-1960). Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 535.
Gift of Erich Opp, 8/14/1992. Acc. #769.
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Series I: Personal and Biographical,
1922-1967
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 |
Addresses,
n.d. |
| 1 | 2 |
Biographical Data,
n.d. |
| 1 | 3 |
Business Cards,
n.d. |
| 1 | 4 |
Certificates,
1960-65 |
| 1 | 5 |
Certifications,
1922-66 |
| 1 | 6 |
Contract with Argentine Institute of Aviation Medicine,
1956 |
| 1 | 7 |
Documents relating to activities during Second World War,
n.d. |
| 1 | 8 |
Extracts from "Trials of War Criminals before Nürnberg Mil. Tribunals" "Med. Case",
n.d. |
| 1 | 9 |
List of Publications,
n.d. |
| 1 | 10 |
Obituaries and Condolence Letters,
1967 |
| 1 | 11 |
Resumes, Lebenslauf, Chronology,
n.d. |
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Series II: Correspondence,
1912-1977
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 12 | 1912-56 |
| 1 | 13 | 1921; 1942-51 |
| 1 | 14 | 1931; 1955-60 |
| 1 | 15 | 1939-40 |
| 1 | 16 | 1944-50 |
| 1 | 17 | 1944-51 |
| 1 | 18 | 1944; 1950; 1953-62 |
| 1 | 19 | 1945-57 |
| 1 | 20 | 1947-50; 1977 |
| 1 | 21 | 1947-56 |
| 1 | 22 | 1950 |
| 1 | 23 | 1956-59 |
| 1 | 24 | Nov. 1957- Jan. 1963 |
| 2 | 1 | 1960-61 |
| 2 | 2-3 | 1961-67 |
| 2 | 4 | 1964-65 |
| 2 | 5 | 1966-67 |
| 2 | 6 |
65th Birthday Correspondence,
1965 |
| 2 | 7 |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität and University of München Correspondence,
n.d. |
| 2 | 8 |
Memorandum,
1941-43; 1957 |
| 2 | 9 |
Reprint Requests,
1948-51 |
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Series III: Laboratory and Research Files,
1920-1967
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| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 10 |
Aeronautica Apuntes,
1951-62 |
| 2 | 11 |
Argentina Notes and Manuscripts,
1950-66 |
| 3 | 1-2 |
Argentina Notes and Manuscripts,
1953-60 |
| 3 | 3 |
Argentinien,
1954-62 |
| 3 | 4 |
Bills and Receipts,
n.d. |
| 3 | 5 |
Class Lecture Schedule,
n.d. |
| 3 | 6 |
Correspondence,
1941; 1948-50 |
| 3 | 7 |
Hartmann & Braun,
1947-53 |
| 3 | 8 |
Installation of a Program for Aerospace Medicine at the University of München,
n.d. |
| 3 | 9 |
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Aeronáutica,
n.d. |
| 3 | 10 |
Iralgin,
1950-52 |
| 3 | 11 |
Lectures and Notes,
1950-67 |
| 3 | 12 |
Lista de Libros Para Llevar al Extranjero,
n.d. |
| 3 | 13 |
Luftfahrtmedizinisches Forschungsprogramm,
1929-33 |
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Notes,
1920-1967; n.d. |
| 4 | 1 | | 1920-63 |
| 4 | 2 | | 1924-53 |
| 4 | 3 | | 1927-51 |
| 4 | 4 | | 1927-51 |
| 4 | 5 | | 1929-50 |
| 4 | 6 | | 1929-53 |
| 4 | 7 | | 1930-44 |
| 4 | 8 | | 1932-54 |
| 4 | 9 | | 1933-51 |
| 4 | 10 | | 1933-51 |
| 4 | 11 | | 1933-59 |
| 4 | 12 | | 1934-43 |
| 4 | 13 | | 1941-55 |
| 4 | 14 | | 1947-59 |
| 4 | 15 | | 1947-67 |
| 4 | 16 | | 1949-50 |
| 5 | 1 | | 1949-50 |
| 5 | 2 | | 1949-53 |
| 5 | 3 | | 1950 |
| 5 | 4 | | 1950-58 |
| 5 | 5 | | 1950-65 |
| 5 | 6 | | 1951 |
| 5 | 7 | | 1952 |
| 5 | 8 | | 1953 |
| 5 | 9 | | 1953-56 |
| 5 | 10 | | 1957-66 |
| 5 | 11 | | 1957-66 |
| 5 | 12 | | 1958-61 |
| 5 | 13 | | 1959-67 |
| 5 | 14-15 | | n.d. |
| 6 | 1-12 | | n.d. |
| 6 | 13 |
Reference Cards,
n.d. |
| 6 | 14 |
Research Institute at Joh. Gutenberg University, Mainz,
1946-48 |
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Technical Drawings & Diagrams,
1937-1967; n.d. |
| 6 | 15 | | 1937-67 |
| 6 | 16 | | 1956 |
| 6 | 17 | | 1958-67 |
| 6 | 18-19 | | n.d. |
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Series IV: Professional Activities,
1946-1966
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| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 20 |
Amerika Haus Lecture,
n.d. |
| 6 | 21 |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Soziale Betriebsgestaltung E.V.,
1951 |
| 6 | 22 |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Soziale Gesundheitslehre, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Univ.,
1949-50 |
| 6 | 23 |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Soziale Gesundheitslehre, Univ. of Frankfurt a/M,
n.d. |
| 6 | 24 |
Argentinean Congress for Sports Medicine,
1955 |
| 7 | 1 |
Ausschuss für Weltraumforschung, Ausschuss für Funkortung, Faktor-Mensch,
1958-61 |
| 7 | 2 |
Conference Invitations,
n.d. |
| 7 | 3 |
XVII Congress of the Internat'l Astronautical Federation,
1966 |
| 7 | 4 |
Committee for Weltraumforschung, Deutschen Raketen-Gesellschaft e.V. (1 of 2),
n.d. |
| 7 | 5 |
Committee for Weltraumforschung, Deutschen Raketen-Gesellschaft e.V. (2 of 2),
n.d. |
| 7 | 6 |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Raketen-Technik und Raumfahrt e.V.,
n.d. |
| 7 | 7 |
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin,
n.d. |
| 7 | 8-9 |
Eurospace,
1963-66 |
| 7 | 10 |
Firma Mouson,
n.d. |
| 7 | 11 |
International Academy of Astronautics of the International Astronautical Federation,
n.d. |
| 7 | 12 |
International Academy of Astronautics Membership List,
1966 |
| 7 | 13 |
International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine,
n.d. |
| 7 | 14 |
"Methoden in der Psychiatrie, Psychologie, und Klinischen Sozialarbeit",
Sept. 1949 |
| 7 | 15 |
Soziale Gesundheitslehre,
1946-51 |
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Series V: Writings,
1933-1966
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| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 16 |
Abstracts,
n.d. |
| 7 | 17 |
"25 Años de Investigación Médico Aeronáutica de las Influencias de la Aceleracion",
n.d. |
| 8 | 1 |
"Der Fliegerärztlichen und Luftfahrtmedizinischen Aufgaben in der Luftfahrt",
n.d. |
| 8 | 2 |
"Die Aufgaben für die Soziale Gesundheitslehre",
May 2, 1949 |
| 8 | 3 |
"Die Aufgaben für die Soziale Gesundheitslehre",
1949 |
| 8 | 4 |
"Die Aufgaben für die Soziale Gesundheitslehre", "Die Bedeutung des Sportes als Mittel der Psychischen Hygiene", "Über die Aufgaben des Beratended Hausarztes für Betriebe",
n.d. |
| 8 | 5 |
"Die mechanischen Ursachen der Parasympathischen Umstimmung im Wasserbade",
n.d. |
| 8 | 6 |
"Die Wirkungen der mechanischen Einflüsse des Wasserbades",
n.d. |
| 8 | 7 |
"Efectos de la Accion Mecanica del Baño de Inmersion",
n.d. |
| 8 | 8 |
Gesundheitslehrebungen bei den Bundesanstalten "Deutscher Wetterdienst" und "Flugsicherung",
1958 |
| 8 | 9 |
Ghid Medical Pentru Echipagiile Aero-Navigante,
n.d. |
| 8 | 10 |
"Ist Weltraumfahrt biologisch möglisch?",
n.d. |
| 8 | 11 |
"La Protección de los Tripulantes en Accidentes",
n.d. |
| 8 | 12 |
Lecture Notes,
n.d. |
| 8 | 13-14 |
Luftfahrtmedizinischer Leitfaden,
[1945] |
| 8 | 15 |
"Manual de Medicina Aeronautica Para El Personal Volante",
1941 |
| 8 | 16 |
Manuscript Drafts,
1950-58 |
| 8 | 17 |
Manuscript Drafts,
1957-66 |
| 8 | 18 |
Manuscript Fragments,
1934-62 |
| 9 | 1-2 |
Manuscript Fragments,
1939-51 |
| 9 | 3 |
Manuscript Fragments,
1961 |
| 9 | 4 |
Monographs,
1933-59 |
| 9 | 5 |
Monographs,
1954 |
| 9 | 6 |
Monographs,
1958-61 |
| 9 | 7 |
Von Diringshofen Reprints A-H,
n.d. |
| 9 | 8 |
Von Diringshofen Reprints I-T,
n.d. |
| 9 | 9 |
Von Diringshofen Reprints U-Z,
n.d. |
| 10 | 1 |
Terapeutica por Glima Artifical,
n.d. |
| 10 | 2 |
Draft- "Über Bau und Betrieb der Grossen Venen des Menschen",
Sept. 1950 |
| 10 | 3 |
"Venendruckmessungen bei Passiven Kippen zur Kopftieflage", "Therapeutische Anwendungen der Schwerkraft",
n.d. |
| 10 | 4 |
"Zur Mechanik der Druckdifferenz zwischen Brust- und Bauchhöhle...",
n.d. |
| 10 | 5 |
Zur Ursachentherapie der Ärztenot",
n.d. |
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Series VI: Printed Material,
1925-1965
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| Box | Folder |
| 10 | 6 |
"Blutdruckmessungen zur Frage der Kollapsverhütenden Wirkung des Hydrostatischen Druckes im Wasserbade" (Dissertation- Hans-Joachim Elbrecht),
May 1948 |
| 10 | 7 |
Clippings,
1940-65 |
| 10 | 8 |
Die Untersuchung und Beurteilung der Fliegerischen Einsatzfähigkeit.... By Carl Mumme,
n.d. |
| 10 | 9 |
"Die Verteilung des Blutes zwischen den unteren Extremitäten und dem übrigen Körper" by Erling Asmussen,
n.d. |
| 10 | 10 |
Extract- "Der Mensch im Betrieb-sozial-ärztlich Gesehen",
Feb. 13, 1951 |
| 10 | 11 |
Luftfahrtforschung,
1933 |
| 10 | 12-13 |
Journals,
n.d. |
| 11 | 1 |
Medical Advertisements,
n.d. |
| 11 | 2 |
Newspapers,
1925; 1944 |
| 11 | 3 | Regeln und Ratschläge zur Wissenschaftlichen Forschung S. Ramón y Cajal,
1938 |
| 11 | 4 |
Reprints of Others A-C,
n.d. |
| 11 | 5 |
Reprints of Others D-H,
n.d. |
| 11 | 6 |
Reprints of Others J-L,
n.d. |
| 12 | 1 |
Reprints of Others M-R,
n.d. |
| 12 | 2 |
Reprints of Others S,
n.d. |
| 12 | 3 |
Reprints of Others T-Z,
n.d. |
| 12 | 4-5 |
Russian-English Scientific Dictionary,
n.d. |
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Series VII: Photographs,
1929-1970
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| Box | Folder |
| 13 | 1 |
Glass Slides,
n.d. |
| 13 | 2 |
Glass Slides I,
n.d. |
| 13 | 3 |
Glass Slides II,
n.d. |
| 13 | 4 |
Glass Slides- Dannöhl I,
n.d. |
| 13 | 5 |
Glass Slides- Dannöhl II,
n.d. |
| 13 | 6 |
Glass Slides- Dannöhl 7-12,
n.d. |
| 14 | 1 |
Glass Slides- Vortrag VDL,
n.d. |
| 14 | 2 |
Negatives,
n.d. |
| 14 | 3 |
Negatives for Cartoon Posters of Military Health Warnings,
1929-33 |
| 14 | 4 |
X-ray Negatives,
1934 |
| 14 | 5 |
Photographs,
1957-66 |
| 14 | 6 |
Photographs,
1958-67 |
| 14 | 7 |
Photographs,
1960-70 |
| 14 | 8 |
Slides,
n.d. |
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