August Lydtin

August Lydtin (born July 11, 1834 in Bühl , Grand Duchy of Baden, † August 21, 1917 in Baden-Baden ) was a German veterinarian, veterinary officer and animal breeding scientist.

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He dealt first with pharmacy , then studied veterinary medicine at the veterinary schools in Karlsruhe and Alfort near Paris. After his license to practice medicine he worked as a veterinarian in Saargemünd (Lorraine), from 1862 in the city of Baden and from 1865 here as a district veterinarian. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he was appointed chief medical officer of the 14th Army Corps. This was followed by the appointment as a technical consultant for veterinary questions in the Interior Ministry of the Grand Duchy of Baden . In 1876 he became a state veterinarian and in 1881 an additional advisor for animal breeding. In 1895 he retired. In 1908 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Lydtin published a large number of larger contributions alone and together with other authors. They dealt with questions of the veterinary system (control of important animal diseases, introduction of meat inspection) and animal breeding (breeding and body measurements of cattle and horses, assessment of animals at exhibitions, etc.). He had a supraregional influence in the animal breeding department of the German Agricultural Society (DLG) and through his work at the Imperial Health Office in Berlin. As a preparer for the establishment of the German Society for Zuchtungskunde (DGfZ) in 1905, he promoted the cooperation of veterinarians and animal breeders in science and practice, but because of his age no longer made himself available for an optional function.

Publications (selection)

• Horse breeding in the Grand Duchy of Baden: its past, present and future to be aspired to. Karlsruhe, 1870.
• The fight against contagious animal diseases through a Reich law: Veterinary lighting of the relevant February resolutions of the German Agricultural Council. 1873 and 1875.
• Proposals for promoting horse breeding in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Karlsruhe, 1873.
• Instructions for performing meat inspections for Baden meat inspectors. Karlsruhe, 1879 and 1890.
• The Baden Veterinary: The related laws, ordinances and instructions. Karlsruhe, 1876, 1881, 1891.
• The red run of pigs, its emergence and prevention (vaccination according to Pasteur): according to official investigations in the Grand Duchy of Baden. With M. Schottelius. 1885.
• Memorandum on foot-and-mouth disease and its control: together with a compilation of the veterinary and police regulations in the German Reich as of January 1, 1893. With Hugo von Beißwänger, Berlin, 1893.
• Rechenknecht: Instructions for the practical farmer to obtain comparative figures of the body measurements taken on cattle and horses. Karlsruhe, 1896; 2., rework. and exp. Edition. by Otto Butz and Georg Wilsdorf , 1922.
• Body measurements on cattle and pigs. Berlin: P. Parey, 1897.
• The German cattle: Part 1: Description of the domestic cattle lofts in Germany. With Hugo Werner and the animal breeding department of the DLG. Berlin, 1899; Part 2: Atlas
• Instructions for judging cattle at the exhibitions of the German Agricultural Society. With Hugo Werner. Berlin, 1900; 2nd Edition. 1907.
• The Changes in the Tuberculosis Question. Leipzig: Schmidt, 1902, special edition
• The physical development of German cattle: illustrated by measurement and weighing results at the six most recent DLG shows, Berlin: DLG, 1904.
• Systems of the point straightening for cattle and the system of the German Agricultural Society. Berlin: Parey, 1904.
• The concept of pure breeding and its interpretation in German and foreign breeders' associations. With August Hermes. Berlin, 1909.
• Review of the development of the German veterinary system with special consideration of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Hanover: Schaper, 1914.

Honors

• 1871 Appointment as a farm veterinarian in Baden
• 1876 ​​Awarded the title of Privy Badischer Oberregierungsrat
• 1872–93 editor of the veterinary reports
• 1881 extraordinary member of the Imperial Health Department in Berlin
• 1883 honorary doctorate to Dr. med. hc by the medical faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
• from 1894 co-editor of the German Veterinary Weekly
• 1899 Member of the Société nationale et centrale d`agriculture de France (Paris)

Web links

• August Lydtin. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 12, Leipzig 1909.
• August Lydtin in WhoisWho

literature

• Theophil Gerber: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine. Biographical Lexicon. 4th ext. Edition. Volume 1, NORA Verlag, Berlin 2014, p. 467.
• Franz Mehrle: History of the veterinary system in Baden and Württemberg. Enke, Stuttgart 1957.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon. Volume 12, Leipzig 1909, p. 895.
2. ↑ DGfZ webpage