Christian Pfeufer (doctor)

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Christian Pfeufer (* 1780 in Bamberg ; † March 23, 1852 ibid) was a German physician .

Life

Christian Pfeufer studied medicine and at the age of 21 already became a lecturer at the newly established university in his hometown . After its repeal in 1804, he was transferred back to Scheßlitz as a regional court physician and from there in 1809 as a city physician to Bamberg. In 1816 he succeeded Adalbert Friedrich Marcus as chief physician at the general hospital there; he was also the director of its medical committee. In the field of forensic medicine , he dealt with the determination of the sanity of criminals. In his younger years he was highly esteemed for his teaching skills as a professor and later as a scientifically and practically excellent trained doctor. He died in Bamberg in 1852 at the age of 72.

Pfeufer also turned his attention to social issues other than medical tasks, as testified by the following writings, among others:

  • About public education centers and orphanages and their necessity for the state , Bamberg
  • The Obermayer reform system in the penal institutions of Kaiserslautern and Munich and corporal punishment , Heidelberg 1841

Some of his medical writings include:

  • The scarlet fever , its nature and its treatment with special consideration of the scarlet fever that ruled Bamberg in 1818 , Bamberg and Würzburg in 1819
  • Handbook of general medicine , Bamberg 1824
  • History of the general hospital in Bamberg from its establishment to the present day , Bamberg 1825
  • Observations on the scabies , Bamberg 1833
  • The mineral springs in Kissingen and their relationship to those of Brückenau and Bocklet , Bamberg 1842

Of Christian Pfeufer's sons, Karl von Pfeufer also embarked on a medical career, while Sigmund Heinrich von Pfeufer became a lawyer and politician.

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SURNAME Pfeufer, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1852
Place of death Bamberg