August Friedrich Hecker
August Friedrich Hecker (born July 1, 1763 in Kütten , † October 11, 1811 in Berlin ) was a German doctor and medical historian.
Life
Hecker studied medicine in Halle and received his doctorate there in 1787. He then worked as a general practitioner in Frankenhausen . In 1790 he became a full professor of medicine in Erfurt , and in 1805 in Berlin . In Berlin he was appointed court counselor. He was Justus Hecker's father .
Works (selection)
- Complete index of writings: August Friedrich Hecker's writings. A contribution to the medical bibliography . In: Annals of the entire Medicin . Volume III, Issue 6, June 1811, pp. 510-523 (digitized version )
- Therapia generalis or manual of general medicine . Himburg, Berlin 1789 (digitized version)
- EH Roché (translator). Thérapeutique chirurgicale générale . Méquignon, Paris 1804 (digitized)
- Archives for general medicine . Himburg, Berlin, Volume I 1790 (digitized version) Volume II 1792 (digitized version)
- Clear instruction to recognize venereal diseases precisely and to treat them correctly. Erfurt 1791.
- Antoine-Jacques-Louis Jourdan (translator). Traité des différentes espèces de gonorrhées. Paris 1812.
- General history of natural science and medicine . Göschen, Leipzig 1793 (digitized version)
- The Eighteenth Century History of the Inventions, Theories, and Systems in Natural and Medicinal Science . Perthes, Gotha 1799 (digitized version)
- The smallpox is eradicated . Henning, Erfurt 1802 (digitized version)
- The art of healing on its way to certainty, or the theories, systems and healing methods of doctors from Hippocrates up to our times. Henning, Erfurt 1802 (digitalisat) , 2nd, improved edition 1805 (digitalisat) , 3rd edition Vienna 1813, 4th, improved edition Erfurt / Gotha 1819 (digitalisat)
- Art of curing people's diseases according to the latest advances in medicine science . Erfurt 1804. 3rd edition Vienna 1809 Part I (digitized version) Part II (digitized version)
- The art of raising our children to be healthy citizens and curing their commonest diseases . Henning, Erfurt 1805 (digitized version)
- Brief outline of pathology and semiotics: designed as the basis for his lectures at the Royal Collegio medico-chirurgico in Berlin . Maurer, Berlin 1806 (digitized version)
- Quel est le véritable but des instituts de Médécine et de Chirurgie? Quel mode d'enseignement doit-on y suivre? Discours prononcé au treizième anniversaire de la fondation de la pépinière royale de médecine et de chirurgie à Berlin, le 2 août 1807 . Maurer, Berlin 1807 (digitized version)
- About the nature and healing method of lazy fever . Maurer, Berlin 1809 (digitized version)
- Thoughts on the nature and cause of the Vistula plait . Henning, Erfurt 1810 (digitized version)
- Art of raising our children healthily and curing their common diseases . Doll, Vienna 1812 (digitized version)
- August Friedrich Hecker's practical medicine theory . Camesius, Vienna, part I 1814 (digitized version ) , part II 1815 (digitized version )
literature
- Dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale . Volume 5, Panckoucke, Paris 1822. pp. 112–114 (digitized version )
- Ernst Julius Gurlt and August Hirsch . Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume III, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna and Leipzig 1886, pp. 100–101 (digitized version )
- Amédée Dechambre . Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales . Volume 12, G. Masson and P. Asselin, Paris 1886, pp. 550–51 (digitized version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hecker, August Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kütten |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1811 |
| Place of death | Berlin |