Alexander Spiess

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Alexander Spiess , go too. Sanitary Councilor Alexander Spieß (* 1833 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1904 ) was a German physician and city ​​doctor for the city of Frankfurt am Main, which, in addition to Stuttgart, employed the first German city doctor.

Career and activity

After studying in Göttingen and completing his doctorate in 1859, Alexander Spieß practiced as a general practitioner in Frankfurt before he was appointed city doctor in 1883. He was a member of the office for the poor, managing director of the poor doctors and distributed the work of the (part-time) school doctors. Since 1876 he was chairman of the Frankfurt doctors' association and secretary of the Frankfurt local branch of the German association for public health care. He also edited the German quarterly publication for public health care.

meaning

With the establishment of the city doctor's office, Frankfurt went beyond the obligations of traditional poor relief, the treatment of poor sick people. Originally only entrusted with the medical examination of city officials and employees, Spieß took on other tasks in the field of public health care, medical statistics and expert assessments.

The city of Stuttgart followed in 1888 with the employment of a full-time city doctor. In the rest of Germany, the employment of full-time city doctors did not develop until the beginning of the 20th century.

Publications (selection)

  • (Ed.) Colleagues, friends and fellow citizens of the jubilee, Ed. By Alexander Spiess: Frankfurt am Main in his hygienic conditions and Facilities. Festschrift to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the doctor's doctorate. .. Georg Varrentrapp, Frankfurt am Main, 1881.
  • Alexander Spieß, reorganization of the communal sanitary system in Frankfurt a. M. , In: Annual reports on the medicinal system etc. of the city of Frankfurt a. M., 1884, Vol. 27, pp. 65-104.
  • (Ed.) Alexander Spieß: Frankfurt am Main: Guide through the city with special consideration of scientific, medical and hygienic institutions and facilities; the participants in the 68th meeting of German natural scientists and physicians in Frankfurt a. M. , 21-26 Sept. 1896, Frankfurt a. M. 1896.
  • (Ed.) Alexander Spiess, review of the twenty-five years of activity of the association in the years 1873-1898 . For the 25th anniversary celebration of the German Association for Public Health Care, Frankfurt a. M. 1898 .
  • Alexander Spiess: Frankfurt am Main: meteorological conditions and population statistics; for the year ... 1876 (1877) - 1901 (1902) proven (separate print from: Annual report on the administration of the medical system, the hospitals and the public health conditions of the city of Frankfurt am Main)

literature

  • Christoph Sachße / Florian Tennstedt: Welfare and welfare care 1871-1929 (= history of poor welfare in Germany , vol. 2). Stuttgart 1988, p. 29.

swell

Institute for City History Frankfurt a. M.

  • S 2 Personal history collection, Sign. 910 Spieß, Alexander , date of birth 1833, date of death 1904
  • S 3 Service contracts and instructions Sign. 3 Dr. med. Alex [other] Spieß: Duty instructions for the city doctor, May 28, 1883

Web links

Single references

  1. ^ Institute for Urban History Database
personal data
SURNAME Spiess, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spit, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and city doctor for the city of Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF BIRTH 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1904