Andreas Christian Gerlach

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Andreas Christian Gerlach (born May 15, 1811 in Wedderstedt near Quedlinburg , † August 29, 1877 in Berlin ) was a German veterinarian.

Gerlach was the son of an innkeeper and small farmer. After he lost his father at the age of three, he grew up with relatives in Sargstedt near Halberstadt . Because of the cramped economic conditions, he graduated from school with great difficulty and found little support in his family. In 1830 he began to study veterinary medicine in Berlin, was licensed as a veterinarian in 1833 and set up his own practice in Hettstedt . In 1845 he became a district veterinarian in Halberstadt and in 1846 a tutor and in 1849 a teacher at the veterinary school in Berlin. In 1859 he became a professor at the veterinary school in Hanover and in 1870 he became director of the Berlin veterinary school and secret medical adviser. The so-called Gerlach Building was built for him in 1873/4 by the architect Julius Emmerich as an extension of the Animal Anatomical Theater to create space for the scientific collections and an autopsy hall.

In 1855 he founded the communications from veterinary practice with Leisering and in 1874 he founded the archive for scientific and practical veterinary medicine .

His scientific works include trichinellosis , lung disease , rinderpest , tuberculosis and snot in horses.

He played a decisive role in the public recognition of the veterinary system in Germany and in the establishment of state veterinary medical examinations.

His memorial is in front of the Veterinary University in Berlin.

Fonts

  • General therapy textbook for veterinarians, 1953, 2nd edition 1868
  • Handbook of Forensic Veterinary Medicine, 1862, 2nd edition 1872
  • Rinderpest in Holland, England and Belgium, 1865
  • The trichinae, 1866
  • The meat diet of man from the sanitary and market police point of view, 1875

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personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Andreas Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German veterinarian
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Wedderstedt
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1877
Place of death Berlin