Carl Henning

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Carl Johann Henning , also Karl Henning (born February 14, 1860 in Broos , Transylvania ; † June 3, 1917 in Vienna ) was a Transylvanian doctor , head of the Vienna Institute for Moulages , inventor of the elastic Henning prosthesis and poet .

Life

Carl Henning first studied medicine in Klausenburg and then in Vienna. While he was still a student, he found in studies that the human intestine is ten times longer than the length of the body. He published his findings in this regard in the “Centralblatt für die Medicinischen Wissenschaften” in Berlin under the title “About the comparative measurement of the length of the intestine.” Based on his research, Henning came to the conclusion that humans are not omnivores but also herbivorous mammals must be expected. In 1886 Henning published a "Systematic-Topographical Atlas of Human Anatomy." In 1888, Henning received his doctorate in medicine. He got a job as an operation child with the renowned Viennese surgeonsTheodor Billroth and Carl Gussenbauer . Henning specialized in plastic surgery. He was given a small moulage laboratory and, after completing a period of study at the St. Louis Hospital in Paris , made him head primary physician. This laboratory originally belonged to Moritz Kapose's dermatological clinic , and in 1897 it became an independent university institute for moulages. Henning invented the substance “Elastine” and the so-called “elastic Henning prosthesis.” The invention of the elastic facial prosthesis helped many of the war maimed victims of the First World War to regain an acceptable appearance.

One of his sons, Theodor Henning (born October 13, 1897 in Vienna; † September 5, 1946 in Salzburg), studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Munich and became a sculptor. As a senior high school student, he was a demonstrator at his father's Moulagen Institute. After his death due to blood poisoning acquired while working , he was appointed director of this institute in 1917. He continued his work and perfected his father's procedure for moulages and cosmetic facial prostheses.

Carl Henning was married to Thusnelda Henning geb. Hermann.

Works

  • Systematic-topographical atlas of human anatomy , Vienna 1886.
  • Henning wrote three volumes of lyrical poetry: Aus Herzenstiefen (1897), Freilicht (1909), Lebensfluten (published posthumously in 1922).

literature

  • Henning, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 274.
  • Isidor Fischer : Biographical Lexicon of the Outstanding Doctors of the Last Fifty Years, Volume I, Aaser – Komoto , Urban & Schwarzenberg Munich 1962.
  • Felix Czeike (Ed.): Henning, Karl. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 143 ( digitized version ).
  • Arnold Huttmann : Transylvanian doctors as university professors in Austria , in: Arnold Huttmann: Medicine in old Transylvania , Hora Hermannstadt / Sibiu 2000, pp. 362–363.
  • Hermann A. Hienz: Writer's Lexicon of the Transylvanian Germans VII, H – J , Writings on Geography of Transylvania , Böhlau Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2000, p. 75.
  • Wolfgang U. Eckart : You can't see them in the dark. Smashed, mutilated, registered and forgotten: What the extermination machine produced during the First World War, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 30, 2004, p. 12.

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personal data
SURNAME Henning, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henning, Carl Johann (full name); Henning, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian Medic
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Broos Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1917
Place of death Vienna