August Förster (physician)

Johann Theodor August Förster (born July 8, 1822 in Weimar , † March 15, 1865 in Würzburg ) was a German physician and pathologist .

Life

Förster was initially trained as a draftsman and then studied medicine at the University of Jena from 1841 to 1845 , where he received his doctorate. He then worked as an assistant doctor in Halle ad Saale and Jena. In 1849 he completed his habilitation in Jena, where he became a private lecturer in pathological anatomy. In 1850 he published his successful textbook on pathological anatomy .

Against this background he received an associate professorship at the University of Göttingen in 1852, which was followed in 1858 by a call to the University of Würzburg as Virchow's successor as full professor of pathological anatomy. As the Chair of Pathology and Pathological Anatomy at the time with the professional history of medicine was linked taught forester from 1863 as Professor of the History of Medicine, and medical history.

literature

August Förster: The deformities of man are systematically presented (1861)
Theodor Husemann : Förster, August (anatomist) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 146 f.
Thomas Sauer, Ralf Vollmuth : Letters from members of the Würzburg medical faculty in the estate of Anton Ruland. Sources on the history of medicine in the 19th century with short biographies. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 9, 1991, pp. 135-206; here: p. 150 f. ( Johann Theodor August Förster ).

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Biographical note from the University of Würzburg

Web links

Literature by and about August Förster in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Werner Altmann : 1850 to 1950 - an eventful century of Würzburg pathology history. In: Tempora mutantur et nos? Festschrift for Walter M. Brod on his 95th birthday. With contributions from friends, companions and contemporaries. Edited by Andreas Mettenleiter , Akamedon, Pfaffenhofen 2007, pp. 399–403; here: p. 399 f.
↑ Robert Herrlinger : The development of medical history teaching at the Julius Maximilians University. Messages from the Georg Sticker Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Würzburg, Issue 1 (March 1957), pp. 1–8; P. 4 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Forester, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 8, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weimar
DATE OF DEATH	March 15, 1865
Place of death	Wurzburg

[1] Hans-Werner Altmann : 1850 to 1950 - an eventful century of Würzburg pathology history. In: Tempora mutantur et nos? Festschrift for Walter M. Brod on his 95th birthday. With contributions from friends, companions and contemporaries. Edited by Andreas Mettenleiter , Akamedon, Pfaffenhofen 2007, pp. 399–403; here: p. 399 f.

[2] Robert Herrlinger : The development of medical history teaching at the Julius Maximilians University. Messages from the Georg Sticker Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Würzburg, Issue 1 (March 1957), pp. 1–8; P. 4 f.