Christian Johann Wilhelm Daehnhardt

Christian Johann Wilhelm Daehnhardt (born November 28, 1844 in Eckernförde ; † July 14, 1892 in Kiel ) was a German doctor and professor at the University of Kiel .

Live and act

Christian Johann Wilhelm Daehnhardt was a son of the businessman Johann Wilhelm Daehnhardt and his wife Johanna Louise, née Müller. From 1864 to 1864 he studied medicine at universities in Kiel, Tübingen and Vienna. In 1866 he moved again to Kiel and volunteered there as an assistant to Victor Hensen . In his dissertation in 1868 he dealt with the chemistry of lymph . He then worked for two years as a doctoral lecturer in physiology with his former teacher Hensen.

Daehnhardt did military service during the Franco-German War . He then opened his own practice in Kiel and continued to work as a private lecturer at the university there. On April 22, 1873, he married Emma Louise Wolff (born July 17, 1852 in Frankfurt) in Kiel. His practice was initially on Kieler Markt and from 1882 on Kieler Kehdenstrasse. From 1884 he also practiced in the outpatient department of Gustav Adolf Neuber's private clinic .

Daehnhardt enjoyed a high reputation among patients and medical professionals and took over the chairmanship of the Kiel Medical Association . In doing so, he advocated advanced medical training and professional status and made significant progress in the process. In the Kiel public he often appeared as a supporter of the Liberal Party.

Scientific work

Daehnhardt dealt with physiological chemistry during his time as Victor Hensen's assistant . In his lectures and several articles, most of which appeared in the publications of the Physiological Institute, he dealt with the chemistry of lymph, urine and the formation of glycogen in the liver. This shows that he was very interested in medicinal chemistry , which was emerging at the time . Later he mostly dealt with neurology and electrotherapy . From 1874 he gave regular lectures on this in the context of his lectures and exercises.

literature

• Edith Feiner: Daehnhardt, Christian Johann Wilhelm . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 4. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1976, pp. 45-46.