Adam Christian Thebesius

Adam Christian Thebesius (born January 12, 1686 , in Tschistey near Guhrau , Duchy of Glogau ; † November 10, 1732 in Hirschberg , Duchy of Schweidnitz ) was a German doctor and anatomist .

Life

Thebesius comes from a Liegnitz family of humanists and doctors and was born in 1686 in Tschistey in Lower Silesia . From 1695 to 1704 he went to school in Liegnitz and at the Elisabethanum in Breslau. He then studied medicine at the universities of Jena , Leipzig , Halle (from 1706) and Leiden , where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1708. He then married into a rich Hirschberg merchant family and from 1709 he practiced in Hirschberg. From 1715 he was city physician in Hirschberg and medical advisor in Bad Warmbrunn .

Thebesius became known for his research on the coronary artery circulation . He summarized these in his dissertation "De circulo sanguinis in corde" ( On the circulation of the blood in the heart ). In it he described that the coronary veins lead directly into the heart chambers. These venae cordis minimae are also referred to as "Thebesius veins" and the drainage path as the "Thebesian system". The foramina venarum minimarum are also known as the "Thebesian foramina" (or after Raymond Vieussens Vieussens foramina ), and the valve of the coronary sinus as the "Thebesian valve". In 1713 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Thebesius is the great-grandson of the theologian Adam Thebesius and father of the doctor Johann Ehrenfried Thebesius .

literature

August Hirsch, W. Haberling, F. Hübotter, H. Vierordt (eds.): Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume 5, second edition. Berlin 1934, p. 543.
Andreas Mettenleiter : Adam Christian Thebesius (1686–1732) and the discovery of the Vasa Cordis Minima. Biography, text edition, medical historical appraisal and reception history. (Dissertation. University of Würzburg 1999) Steiner, Stuttgart 2001 (= Sudhoffs Archiv. Supplement 47), ISBN 3-515-07917-3 .
Markwart Michler : Thebesius, Adam Christian. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , pp. 1383 f.

Individual evidence

↑ 1936 renamed Sandewalde , from 1945 Sądowel, today municipality Wąsosz , German Herrnstadt .
^ Andreas Mettenleiter : Johann Christian Günther's name-day poem for the Hirschberg doctor Adam Christian Thebesius from 1721. Two Silesians from the 18th century. in the light of an opportunity poetry. In: Würzburger medical history reports 17, 1998, pp. 215–226; here: p. 217.
^ Member entry by Adam Christian Thebesius at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 21, 2017.
^ Lu: Thebes, Adam Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 665.

personal data
SURNAME	Thebesius, Adam Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German anatomist, namesake for some parts of the heart
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tschistey near Guhrau , Duchy of Glogau
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1732
Place of death	Hirschberg , Duchy of Schweidnitz

[1] 1936 renamed Sandewalde , from 1945 Sądowel, today municipality Wąsosz , German Herrnstadt .

[2] Andreas Mettenleiter : Johann Christian Günther's name-day poem for the Hirschberg doctor Adam Christian Thebesius from 1721. Two Silesians from the 18th century. in the light of an opportunity poetry. In: Würzburger medical history reports 17, 1998, pp. 215–226; here: p. 217.

[3] Member entry by Adam Christian Thebesius at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 21, 2017.

[4] Lu: Thebes, Adam Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 665.