Adolf Wilhelm Bockendahl

Adolf Wilhelm Bockendahl (born July 5, 1855 in Schleswig , † May 24, 1928 in Kiel ) was a German physician.

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Adolf Wilhelm Bockendahl was a son of the physician Johannes Bockendahl and his wife Sabine Marie Henriette Rüppell († August 1, 1895 in Kiel). He attended a grammar school in Kiel and studied medicine at universities in Munich, Heidelberg and Kiel. After taking the state examination at Kiel University in 1878, he received his doctorate two years later. He then worked for two years as an assistant doctor in the medical clinic with Heinrich Quincke and the gynecological clinic with Carl Conrad Theodor Litzmann . After the physics examination in 1882, he opened his own practice in Kiel a year later.

In 1884 Bockendahl took over the positions of deputy district physician and court expert and in 1895 followed H. Joens as district physician. In this position he was a member of the Municipal Commission on Public Health. In 1901 he was appointed district doctor, in 1903 as secret medical councilor and in 1906 as city doctor of Kiel. From 1896 to 1920 he also worked as a medical officer for the state insurance institute and several professional associations. He also took over the medical care of the Kiel provincial blind institution.

In addition to his medical work, Bockendahl was a member of the examination committee for the medical state examination at Kiel University. Here he took exams for pharmacology and then for obstetrics until 1892. After the death of his father, who had taught at the university, the educational institution intended to give Bockedahl a temporary teaching position in forensic medicine in 1902. However, she was unable to implement the plans due to a lack of financial resources. In 1906 the university finally gave up these considerations and instead pursued the establishment of a planned extraordinary position.

Bockendahl continued to develop the health and welfare system of the city of Kiel in a key position. He lectured publicly on health care issues and published on them. He dealt with the fight against infectious diseases and the establishment of offices that should advise on general questions of hygiene. These activities gave him national recognition.

Bockendahl participated in the planning work for the establishment of several institutions in Kiel for the prevention of infectious diseases, such as the infection department, the isolation ward, the pathological-anatomical institute or, in 1890, the municipal disinfection institute, which was located on the grounds of the poor and hospital on Kronshagener Weg.

In addition, Bockendahl worked in 1905 on founding a department for TB care and two years later on the Viehburg forest recreation facility that was built here. In addition, in 1910 a department for care for the blind and drinkers and the expansion of an already existing practice to become an infant welfare center. He also hired a city school doctor for the first time during his tenure.

Bockendahl was married to Frederikke Scheibel, with whom he had two daughters and a son. His brother was the surgeon Ernst Bockendohl.

literature

• Edith Feiner: Bockendahl, Adolf Wilhelm . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 4. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1976, pp. 36-37