Adriaan Heynsius

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Adriaan Heynsius

Adriaan Heynsius also: Heijnsius (born April 8, 1831 in Moordrecht , † October 4, 1885 in Leiden ) was a Dutch physician and biochemist.

Life

The son of the municipal secretary Cornelius Heynsius (* April 15, 1781 in Rotterdam, † December 7, 1832 in Moordrecht) and Catharina Aletta Houbolt (* February 7, 1798 in Amsterdam, † January 5, 1859 ibid) had his father at the age of lost a year and a half. His mother therefore moved to Amsterdam and from 1843 he attended boarding school in Barneveld . In 1848 he began studying at the University of Utrecht with Gerrit Jan Mulder (1802-1880), Jacobus Ludovicus Conradus Schroeder van der Kolk (1797-1862) and Franciscus Cornelis Donders , where he developed a penchant for physiological chemistry (biochemistry). On October 7, 1853 he received his doctorate in philosophy with the treatise de Corporibus albuminosis . On October 16, 1854 he acquired the medical doctor's degree with the work de Susurrorum vascularium explicatione physica . He then worked as a city doctor in Amsterdam. However, the work did not satisfy him. Therefore he set up a private laboratory with limited resources.

In 1856 he was employed in Amsterdam as director of the physiological-pathological laboratory, which had been founded in 1855 on the initiative of Jan van Geuns (1808-1880). It served to ensure that the students of the Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam received clinical training, for which purpose he gave lectures in physiology and pathology. Two years later, on July 14, 1858, he was appointed professor of physiology at the Athenaeum, which task he began on October 4, 1858 with the inaugural speech De vertering van Weelde in de dierlijke Huishouding . The task was also linked to the tasks of lecturing physiology and histology for the Amsterdam doctors. He has also written a number of publications in the field of biochemical research. He made a name for himself in this field. After he had been accepted as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences on May 12, 1864 , he was appointed to the medical chair for physiology and histology at the University of Leiden on January 20, 1866 .

Although they would have liked to hold him in Amsterdam, he followed the call and on March 7, 1866, took up the task assigned to him with the speech Over het tegenwoordig standpunt der Physiologie en hair verband met de Geneeskunde (About the current state of physiology and its connection with medicine). His lectures were based on the foundation of his two treatises De chemie der dierlijke eiwitstoffen, de samenstelling der lichaamsvochen (The chemistry of animal proteins, the composition of body fluids) and some different van den bloedsomloop (some phenomena of the blood flow ). He achieved great fame when he found protein in urine. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1874/75 . He put down this task with a speech on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Leiden University Over de zelfstandige beoefening der Wetenschap . He was also committed to social issues. After celebrating his twenty-fifth anniversary as a professor on October 4, 1883, he fell seriously ill the following year and finally died. In Leiden a street and a square were named after him.

family

Heynsius married on June 9, 1858 with Elisabeth Paulina du Rieu (born April 11, 1835 in Leiden, † January 23, 1897 in The Hague), the youngest daughter of twelve children of the Leiden mayor Paul du Rieu and his wife Jeanne Marie de Knockers. There are five children from the marriage. We know of these:

  • Jeanne Marie Heysius (born March 21, 1860 in Amsterdam, † March 7, 1920 in Soest)
  • Cornelis Everhardus Heynsius (born June 15, 1861 in Amsterdam, † October 21, 1925 in The Hague) Dr. med., doctor in Schoonhoven, later in The Hague, married. on August 8, 1889 in Schoonhoven with Suzanna Gerardina Kooiman (born December 10, 1863 in Schoonhoven), daughter of Willem Kooiman and Josina Maria Cornelia Schepp
  • Adrianus Herman Johannes Heynsius (born January 19, 1863 in Amsterdam, † September 19, 1931 in The Hague) married. August 1, 1895 in The Hague with (Sara) Frederiek Riek Kips
  • Félicie Elisabeth Heynsius (born March 29, 1866 in Leiden, † April 29, 1929 in The Hague)
  • Daniel Antonie Heynsius (born July 25, 1874 in Leiden) became Dr. chem., sub-director of the gas factory in Rotterdam, m. June 14, 1905 in Gorssel with Elisa Johanna Langholz (born December 8, 1879 in Semarang), daughter of Heinrich Ludwig Langholz and Grietje Verschoor.

Works (selection)

  • Historically onderzoek naar de kennis the egg-wise ligchamen. Amsterdam 1853 ( online )
  • De susurrorum vascularium explicatione physica. Amsterdam 1854
  • Bijdrage tot eene physical verklaring van de abnormal geruischen in het vaatstelsel. 1854
  • De werkkring van het physiological-pathological laboratory te Amsterdam. Amsterdam 1856
  • De vertering van weelde in de dierlijke huishouding. Invalid speech bij het aanvaarden van het Hoogleeraarsambt in de Physiologie aan het Athenaeum Illustre te Amsterdam. Amsterdam 1858
  • Onderzoekingen was done in the physiological laboratory in Amsterdam. Amsterdam 1856-1866, 5th vol .; In German: Studies of the Physiological Institute in Amsterdam. Leipzig & Heidelberg 1861 ( online )
  • Talking over het tegenwoordig standpoint of physiology, in hair connected with de geneeskunde. Leiden 1866
  • Onderzoekingen, born in the physiological laboratory of the Leidsche Hoogeschool. Leiden 1867–1884 6th vol., Leiden 1869 ( online )
  • Feestrede bij het derge eenwfeest of the Leidsche Hoogeschool the 8th february in de Pieterskerk. Leiden 1875 also in French: Discours solennel prononcé le 8 Février 1875 pour le jubilé de l'université de Leiden. Traduit à l'intention de ses hôtes étrangers par les soins du Sénat de l'Université. Leiden 1875
  • Connect over serum and egg albums. Leiden 1877
  • About the causes of the tones and noises in the vascular system. Leiden 1878

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personal data
SURNAME Heynsius, Adriaan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heijnsius, Adriaan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch physician and biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Moordrecht
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1885
Place of death Suffer