Josef Wallach

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Josef Wallach (born July 21, 1813 in Kassel ; † March 21, 1878 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German doctor who was appointed personal physician to Wilhelm II of Hessen-Kassel in 1845 .

Life

Wallach was born on July 21, 1813 in Kassel. He completed his medical training in Marburg , where he studied medicine from 1832 to 1836 . After his state examination , he wanted to settle down as a doctor in Kassel, but received no permission from the government. He therefore moved to the United States of America , where he worked as a doctor in 1841. However, he returned to Europe in 1842 and settled in Wolfhagen . In 1843 he moved again to Frankfurt-Bockenheim . Wilhelm II of Hessen-Kassel, who was residing in Frankfurt at the time, made him his personal physician in 1845.

In Frankfurt he worked practically until 1876, but also as a writer. In the fall of 1876, a patient committed an assassination attempt on Wallach, which he survived. As a result of injuries sustained as a result of the assassination attempt, he died on March 21, 1878.

Wallach was president of the Physikalischer Verein in Frankfurt for seven years between 1852 and 1875 .

Wallach has contributed to the medical journals Haeser's Archive, Siebold's Monthly, and Canstatt's Annual Report. He also translated English-language specialist books.

Works (selection)

  • On the antiquity of Indian medicine , 1839; Translation of On the Antiquity of Hindu Medicine by John Forbes Royle
  • Remarks and considerations from the field of medicine , 1840, original by Henry Holland, 1st Baronet
  • From the diseases of the nervous system , 1842, translation of Lectures on the nervous systems and its diseases by Marshall Hall
  • Studies of the Texture of the Spinal Cord , 1842
  • The life of man in his physical relationships illustrated for the educated , 1859

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SURNAME Wallach, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1878
Place of death Frankfurt am Main