Karl Kirchner (military doctor)

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Karl Kirchner (born November 28, 1831 in Frankenstein , Province of Silesia , † December 26, 1912 in Breslau ) was a German military doctor .

Life

Karl Kirchner, born in Frankenstein in Silesia in 1831 as the son of a master baker, was a member of the so-called Pépinière , the later Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for military medical education, in Berlin from October 18, 1852 to July 31, 1853 . It is not known why he moved from there to the University of Breslau . After completing his doctorate and obtaining his medical license in 1857, he returned to the Prussian military service.

In 1858 he was promoted to assistant doctor and in 1864 to staff doctor. As a medical officer in the Pomeranian Jäger Battalion No. 2, he was also a private lecturer in surgery at the University of Greifswald from 1866 to 1869 . In 1869 he was transferred to Lüben near Liegnitz as chief staff and regimental doctor of the 1st Silesian Dragoon Regiment No. 4 .

He took part in the war against Austria in 1866 and in the war against France in 1870/71 . In 1882 he was promoted to senior staff physician 1st class and transferred to Breslau as regimental physician of the Leib-Kürassier-Regiment No. 1 . Associated with this was his position as a division doctor in the 11th Division . In 1892 he resigned under presentation of the character as a general physician 2nd class from active military service and continued his private practice in Wroclaw on, he had already had during his active service. He was also the bearer of the Red Eagle Order 4th class with swords .

He died on December 26, 1912 in his house in Breslau, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße 118. His sons both became lawyers.

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Kirchner published an extensive textbook on military hygiene in 1869 . A second edition appeared in 1878. This work is still important today because it provides insights into the conditions in the Prussian , but also armies of other states (England, France, North America, Russia) in the period before and shortly after the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71 offers.

From September 1870 to March 1871 Kirchner was chief physician at the Prussian field hospital set up in the Palace of Versailles . In 1872 he wrote a "medical report" about this activity, which, in addition to a summary of his medical and administrative work, also contains brief descriptions of 220 cases of wounded.

Publications

  • Textbook of military hygiene , Erlangen: Ferdinand Enke, 1869, ²1878 ( digitized version )
  • Medical report on the royal Prussian field lazareth in the palace at Versailles during the siege of Paris from September 19 to March 5, 1871 / by his chief physician Dr. C. Kirchner , Erlangen: Ferdinand Enke, 1872

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Master list of the Kaiser Wilhelms Academy for military medical education in Berlin, Berlin 1910.
  2. ↑ Textbook of Military Hygiene , Erlangen: Ferdinand Enke, 1869, ²1878 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Kirchner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirchner, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military doctor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenstein , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1912
Place of death Wroclaw