Heinrich von Bamberger

Heinrich von Bamberger (December 27, 1822 - 1888) was an Austrian pathologist from Prague. In 1847 he earned his doctorate from the University of Prague, and from 1851 to 1854 he was a clinical assistant to Johann von Oppolzer (1808-1871) in Vienna. In 1854 he became professor of therapeutic pathology at the University of Würzburg. He was father to internist Eugen von Bamberger (1858-1921).

Bamberger was a specialist regarding respiratory and circulatory pathology, and is remembered for his early descriptions of hematogenous albuminuria, uremic pericarditis and progressive polyserositis (general inflammation of serous membranes). The eponymous Bamberger's disease is named after him, which is a spasmodic affection of the leg muscles (sometimes called "dancing spasms").

In 1857 he published Lehrbuch der Krankheiten des Herzens (Handbook of Diseases of the Heart), which was one of the first textbooks dedicated to cardiac pathology.