Adolph Wernher

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Adolph Wernher

Wernher, Carl Gustav Adolph (born March 20, 1809 in Mainz ; † July 14, 1883 there ), was a German surgeon , pathologist and university professor .

Life

origin

Adolph Wernher was born as the son of the Privy Councilor of State and Court President Johann Wilhelm Wernher and his wife Julie Friederike Charlotte, nee. Break, born. In 1835 his first marriage in Offenbach was Caroline Fleischmann, who died the following year while giving birth to her first son, Carl Wernher. His second marriage was on July 17, 1837 in Gießen Marie Katharine Magdalene Barbara Josephine Christiane, b. Baroness von Riefel. The daughter Julie Valentine Henriette Franziska Wernher comes from this marriage.

Career

After attending grammar school in Mainz and from 1817 in Darmstadt , Wernher studied medicine from 1825 at the universities of Gießen, Heidelberg , Berlin and Halle . Back in Giessen, he passed the medical exams and was promoted to Dr. med. PhD. He then worked for a short time as a cholera doctor in Nieder-Olm .

Well-off at home, he then went on a training trip to visit the most famous surgeons and clinics of his time in Paris and London . In 1834 Wernher established himself as a general practitioner in Offenbach. There he also held the position of physics surgeon .

In 1835 he was appointed associate professor and assistant to Professor Ferdinand von Ritgen at the surgical clinic in Giessen, where he began his academic career. Just two years later he was appointed full professor and director of the surgical clinic. In addition, he was given the chair of pathological anatomy in 1845 and the management of the academic hospital in 1851. In 1849 and 1874 he was rector of the university.

Wernher was an outstanding physician with great knowledge. He concentrated his practical work more on pathology than on surgery. A specialization that was certainly also attributable to a serious eye disease that he contracted through an infection in 1858 and that severely restricted his operations. His numerous publications on a wide variety of topics, however, testify to a considerably more extensive range of activities. His main work is the four-volume handbook of general and special surgery, the first edition of which appeared between 1846 and 1857. As a lecturer , he was able to captivate his students with his knowledge and precise diagnoses. Through his lively lecture he succeeded in getting her excited about the theory.

Wernher retired on May 1, 1878. In retirement, he moved to his native Mainz, where he pursued further scientific studies.

Orders and awards

Publications (selection)

  • About malum coxae senile, Coxarthrocace u. Coxalgia. In: Schmidt's yearbooks of domestic and foreign entire medicine. Vol. 12. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1836, pp. 99–113.
  • Special surgery. Lecture postscript summer semester 1838. Gießen 1838.
  • The congenital cyst hygroma and the tumors related to them, in anatomical, diagnostic and therapeutic relation. Memorandum to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Wilhelm Nebel. University printing press of Georg Friedrich Heyer, father, Giessen 1843.
  • Manual of General and Special Surgery. Vol. 1. Verlag J. Rickersche Buchhandlung, Giessen 1846.
  • Manual of General and Special Surgery. Vol. 2. Verlag J. Rickersche Buchhandlung, Giessen 1851.
  • Manual of General and Special Surgery. Vol. 3, Dept. 1. Verlag J. Rickersche Buchhandlung, Giessen 1855.
  • Manual of General and Special Surgery. Vol. 3, Section 2. Verlag J. Rickersche Buchhandlung, Giessen 1857.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of diseases of the hip joint, malum coxae senile. Coxalgia and intercapsular fracture colli femoris. J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung Verlag, Giessen 1847.
  • The academic hospital of the University of Giessen in 1848. Giessen 1849.
  • Catalog of the pathological-anatomical collection to Gießen. Verlag Brühl, Giessen 1851.
  • Catalog of the pathological-anatomical collection to Gießen. 1st addendum containing the preparations acquired from August to December 1853. Verlag Brühl, Giessen 1854.
  • Some observations on painful atrophy of the breast, cirrhosis mammae and atrophic sarcomas of the same. In: Journal for rational medicine, Vol. 5. Academic publishing house CF Winter, Heidelberg, 1854, pp. 29–55.
  • A case of pulmonary artery cancer. In: Journal for rational medicine, Vol. 5. Heidelberg, Akademische Verlagshandlung CF Winter, Heidelberg, 1854, pp. 109–126.
  • Manual of General and Special Surgery. 2nd revised edition. Vol. 1., Verlag J. Rickersche Buchhandlung, Giessen 1862.
  • To the statistics of the hernias. Aetiological part. Sittenfeld publishing house, Berlin 1869.
  • Theory and mechanics of the hernia and description of a new hernia. In: German Clinic. Newspaper for observation from German clinics and hospitals. From August 5, 1871, vol. 23, no. 31. Verlag Georg Reimer, Berlin 1871. pp. 273-277, 285-289.
  • About nervous coxalgia. In: German journal for surgery. Vol. 1, No. 1 (March 1872). Verlag FCW Vogel, Leipzig 1872. pp. 1-57.
  • Injury to the frontal lobe of the left cerebral hemisphere, contributing to the pathology of brain injuries and the localization of brain functions. In: Archives for pathological anatomy and physiology and for clinical medicine. Vol. 56, No. 3 (November 1872). Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1872. pp. 289-305.
  • Pneumatocele cranii, supramastoida, chronic air tumor of enormous size caused by spontaneous dehiscence of the cells of the mastoid process. In: German journal for surgery. Vol. 3, No. 5 (December 1873). Verlag FCW Vogel, Leipzig 1873, pp. 381-401.
  • Care of the poor and the sick of the religious knightly orders in earlier times. CG Lüderitzsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Berlin 1874.
  • On the influence that Christianity had on the earliest establishment of public charities for the poor and sick. Verlag Brühl, Giessen 1875.
  • Chronic complete dysphagia caused by thickening of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. In: Centralblatt für Chirurgie of July 24, 1875. Volume 2, No. 30. Breitkopf and Härtel Verlag, Leipzig 1875. pp. 465–469.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of Elephantiases arabum, especially in therapeutic and pathological relation. In: German journal for surgery. Vol. 5, No. 4 (June 1875). Verlag FCW Vogel, Leipzig 1875. pp. 394-463.
  • About papillomas and epitheliomas of the soles of the feet. In: German journal for surgery. Vol. 6, No. 6 (April 1876). Verlag FCW Vogel, Leipzig 1876, pp. 519-526.
  • The doctorates of the German medical faculties in relation to the announcement concerning the examination of doctors. Verlag Brühl, Giessen 1876.
  • Cysts formed over the large fontanel from constricted meningo-encephaloceles. In: German journal for surgery. Vol. 8, No. 6 (September 1877). Verlag FCW Vogel, 1877, pp. 507-519.
  • Injury to the frontal lobe of the right hemisphere. A contribution to the pathology of brain injuries and to the localization of brain functions. In: German journal for surgery. Vol. 10, No. 5 (November 1878). Verlag FCW Vogel, 1878. pp. 453-461.
  • The burial of the dead in terms of hygiene, historical development and legal provisions. J. Rickersche Buchhandlung Verlag, Giessen 1880.
  • The first appearance and spread of the leaves in Europe up to the introduction of vaccination. The misery of the last century. Presented to the medical faculty in Giessen when the doctoral degree was renewed. J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung Verlag, Giessen 1882.
  • To the vaccination question. Results of vaccination and revaccination from the start of vaccination until today. Edited from the sources. Publisher Victor von Zabern, Mainz 1883.
  • Typhus in Mainz (and Torgau) in 1813 and 1814. 1883.

Web links

literature

  • List of persons decorated with Grand Ducal Hessian orders and decorations. Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, Darmstadt 1875. Digitized
  • Hedi Bijok: Adolph Carl Gustav Wernher (1809-1883). His life and work at the Giessen Academic Hospital. Work on the history of medicine in Giessen. Vol. 1. Verlag Wilhelm Schmitz, Gießen 1979, ISBN 9783877110065 .
  • [Heinrich] Bose: Necrology. In: Langenbeck's Archive for Clinical Surgery, Vol. 30, Verlag August Hirschwald, Berlin 1884, pp. 172-185.
  • Ernst Gurlt: Wernher, Adolf. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 42 (Werenfels - Wilhelm the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg). Duncker & Humblot Verlag, Leipzig 1897, pp. 80-81. Digitized
  • Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer: Giessen professors: Eckhard and Wernher. In: GEB - Giessen Electronic Library.
  • J. Pagel (ed.): Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Urban & Schwarzenberg Publishing House, Berlin 1901, Sp. 1837-1838. Digitized
  • Carl Wernher (Ed.): Wernher Archive. Chronicle of the Wernher family together with information about the related and related families. No. 2. [self-published], Oppenheim 1906. Digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Darmstädter Zeitung of July 16, 1883 . Volume 107, No. 194 . Darmstadt 1883, p. 1136 .
  2. ↑ Darmstädter Zeitung of July 17, 1883 . Volume 107, No. 195 / I . Darmstadt 1883, p. 1138 .
  3. ↑ a b c Carl Wernher (Ed.): Wernher Archive. Chronicle of the Wernher family together with information about the related and related families . No. 2 . [Self-published], Oppenheim December 1906, p. 31-34 .
  4. ^ Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer: Gießen Professors: Eckhard and Wernher. GEB - Giessener Electronic Library, accessed on August 20, 2016 .
  5. ^ Ernst Gurlt: Wernher, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . tape 42 (Werenfels - Wilhelm the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg). Publisher Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 80-81 (80) .
  6. ↑ Leipzig Repertory of German and Foreign Literature from December 19, 1845 . Vol. 3, No. 51 . Verlag FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1845, p. 48 .
  7. ↑ The year 1848 mentioned by Gurlt contradicts the contemporary sources.
  8. ^ Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer: Gießen Professors: Eckhard and Wernher. GEB - Giessener Electronic Library, accessed on August 20, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1883 . Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, Darmstadt 1858, p. 66 .
  10. ^ List of persons decorated with Grand Ducal Hessian orders and decorations . Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, Darmstadt 1875, p. 131 .
  11. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich, September 6, 1864 . Born in 1864, 250, supplement. Munich 1864, p. 4067 .
  12. ^ List of persons decorated with Grand Ducal Hessian orders and decorations . Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, Darmstadt 1875, p. 92 .
  13. ^ Literarisches Centralblatt für Deutschland of November 30, 1872 . Born in 1872, no. 48 . Eduard Avenarius Verlag, Leipzig 1872, p. 1310 .
personal data
SURNAME Wernher, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wernher, Carl Gustav Adolph; Wernher, Adolf; Wernher, Carl Gustav Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German surgeon, pathologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1883
Place of death Mainz