Rudolf Wagner (physician)

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Rudolf Wagner

Rudolf (also Rudolph ) Friedrich Johann Heinrich Wagner (born June 30, 1805 in Bayreuth , † May 13, 1864 in Göttingen ) was a German anatomist , zoologist and physiologist .

Life

Rudolf Wagner, the son of the grammar school director Lorenz Heinrich Wagner (1774–1841), began studying medicine in Erlangen in 1822 and continued it in Würzburg a . a. continued with Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793–1864). Since 1822 he had been a member of the Bubenreuther fraternity in Erlangen, of which he was spokesman in 1824. His personal boy was Karl von Hase . He was also a member of the Germania fraternity in Würzburg . After receiving his doctorate in 1826, he traveled to Paris to study comparative anatomy . He traveled the coasts of France and the Mediterranean, and the lower animals were also interested in him.

In 1828 he came to Munich and a year later to Erlangen, where he qualified as a private lecturer. After a trip to Trieste in 1832 he was appointed professor of zoology. In 1833 he became professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Erlangen . In 1840 he succeeded Johann Friedrich Blumenbach at the University of Göttingen . Where he took over the chairs for the subjects zoology, physiology and comparative anatomy until the end of his life. In 1844 he took over the vice rectorate of the University of Göttingen. On June 8, 1862 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

In the materialism dispute , which reached its climax in 1854, Wagner defended the Christian story of creation at the 31st meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors in Göttingen and sharply opposed the purely empirical worldview of Carl Vogt , who was considered by the public to be the main representative of the so-called materialists was viewed.

In 1832 Wagner married Rosalie Henke (1813–1894), the eldest daughter of Professor Adolph Henke (1775–1843) from Erlangen , about whom he later wrote a biography. From the marriage emerged among others the economist and financial scientist Adolph Wagner and the geographer Hermann Wagner ; the daughter Sophie married the archaeologist Otto Benndorf . 1861 deterioration of health, 1863 stroke with hemiplegia and died on May 13, 1864

Rudolf Wagner's brother Moritz Wagner was a traveler, geographer and naturalist.

Quotes

It is certainly the most wonderful peculiarity of Scripture that it wins the conviction that it is of divine origin against anyone who delves into it with true earnestness and insistent devotion and examines his internal and external experiences on it; he will find this in an unshakable way (Zöckler, 451)

Fonts

  • The natural history of man. Handbook of popular anthropology for lectures and self-teaching. First part. Structure and life of the body . Joh. Dannheimer, Kempten 1831 ( archive )
  • The natural history of man. Handbook of popular anthropology for lectures and self-teaching. Second part. Evolution of the earth and man . Joh. Dannheimer, Kempten 1831 ( archive , digitized version )
  • Contributions to the comparative physiology of the blood . Leipzig, 1832-1833; with additions in 1838.
  • Comparative anatomy textbook . Leipzig 1834/35, new edition. 1843 ad T .: Textbook of Zootomy . doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.11174
  • Prodromus Historiae Generationis Hominis Atque Animalium . Leipzig, 1836.
  • Textbook of Special Physiology . Leipzig, 1838.
  • Outline of the encyclopedia and methodology of the medical sciences according to historical view . Erlangen 1838. ( GBS )
  • Icones physiologicae . Leipzig, 1839.
  • Icones zootomicae . Leipzig, 1841.
  • Concise dictionary of physiology with regard to physiological pathology . 4 volumes. Braunschweig 1842-1853. ( Extracts )
  • Memories of Dr. Adolph Henke, Councilor and Professor in Erlangen . Erlangen 1844 ( GBS )
  • Pocket book of physics in detailed and clear excerpts: Mainly for students of medicine; with 329 woodcuts. Leipzig 1851. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • Neurological examinations , Göttingen 1853/54
  • The struggle for the soul from the standpoint of science. Letter to personal physician Dr. Beneke in Oldenburg. Dieterich, Göttingen 1857 ( archive )
  • Zoological-anthropological studies . Göttingen 1861. online
  • Chemistry: presented in a comprehensible way according to the latest standpoints of science; for students of the natural sciences, medicine and pharmacy, as well as for use in industrial and secondary schools; with 69 woodcuts . 5th edition. Wigand, Leipzig 1864, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-9476

literature

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Wagner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Rudolph Wagner" by Julius Pagel in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, published by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 40 (1896), pp. 573-574; "Rudolph Wagner" - Encyclopædia Britannica 1911, Volume 28; "Rudolph Wagner" Hirsch Biogr. Lex. Of famous doctors (2nd edition); "Rudolph Wagner" - Leopoldina membership directory
  2. ↑ Member entry of Rudolph Wagner (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Andreas W. Daum: Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, p. 295 f .
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Rudolf Friedrich Johann Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist and physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1864
Place of death Goettingen