Christoph Weber (doctor)

Christoph Weber , also Christophorus Weber (* 1734 in Eisleben ; † July 26, 1787 in Bad Rehburg ) was a German physician who worked as court medicus and country physicus in Walsrode and as a well doctor looked after, expanded and described the spa facilities in Rehburg for the first time.

Life

Weber came from Eisleben; however, nothing is known about his youth. He studied medicine at the Georg-August University Göttingen , received his doctorate there in 1758 when Johann Georg Roederer to Dr. med. and wrote chemically oriented dissertations on fermentation and on pyrophores . In the same year he established himself as a doctor in Walsrode. He was appointed well doctor in Rehburg in 1770, as the successor to Doctor JAF Oldenburg; as he wrote in March 1769, "the royal and electoral Cammer of Hanover graciously commissioned the supervision of the fountain and the care of those sick people who visited them."

Rebuilt under Weber's aegis: the Rehburg bathhouse (1778–1786)

Under his direction, investments were made in a spacious new bathhouse in Bad Rehburg and a steam bath was set up following Marcard's teaching . A few years after Weber's death, the doctor Johann Carl Heinrich Ackermann wrote that Weber had "done so much to accommodate the Rehburger Gesundbrunnen"; According to the local historian Engelbert Saegelken, Weber was “tirelessly anxious” to “bring the bathroom to full recognition”. Ackermann emphasized Weber's commitment to the poor by introducing and “often carrying a poor box with him” “to help those who, contrary to his rules, danced too hard or too long, sat too long at the gaming table, or too late in the evening air had gone around imposing a fine for the good of the poor on the spot. "

Weber's description of the Rehburg baths, which he published in five letters between 1769 and 1781 and which "together provide the first comprehensive account", is of lasting importance. In it he wrote down anecdotal healing stories for the well guests, who “find pleasure in strange examples of recovery”, but at the same time referred to views from the professional world with medical suggestions. A contemporary review emphasizes that Weber “possessed the rare gift of a doctor, namely a profound sense of observation”.

Weber reported in one of his letters about the "protracted illness" and the death of his "lovable wife" in the late 1760s. He died on July 26, 1787 “by the well”. His extensive scholarly library was then auctioned in Hanover in March 1788. His successor as Rehburg fountain doctor was David Rudolph Biedermann in 1788.

Works

• Whether the minerals in the healthy water are to blame for the many rapid deaths? In: Hanoverian advertisements from all kinds of things (1764), 54th piece, Sp. 857–862. Ibid .: From tasting adulterated wines. 71st, col. 1129-1134. Ibid .: The four-day intermittent fever. Part 81, col. 1279-1292; 82nd piece, Col. 1295-1302 (digitized from Google Books).
• The effect of the artificial magnet in a rare eye defect was sent to the Königliche Societät der Wissenschaften in Gottingen and is now reinforced by some other story of eye problems. Wecke, Hanover 1767 (digitized version of the Bavarian State Library). See also a contemporary review. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek 12 (1770), 1st piece, p. 273 f.
• Letter from Mr. Hof-Medicus D. Christoph Weber zu Walsrode to one of his friends about the situation, history, salary, use and effects of the Rehburg health fountain and bath, which was sent to print on his permission. Wecke, Hannover 1769 (digitized version from Kiel University Library, 2012; further digitized version from Google books). It is the first of the five letters, all of which are gathered in the following work:
• News of the situation, the history, the contents, the use and the effects of the Rehburger Gesund-Fountain and bath. Schmidt, Hanover 1773 (digitized version of the SUB Goettingen, 2012). See also a contemporary review. In: Der Teutsche Merkur 1774, vol. 5, 1st piece, p. 343 f .; Another judges: "Our readers will find abundant concise but well-described medical history here." Review. In: Selected library of the latest German literature. Vol. 6, Meyer, Lemgo 1774, p. 584 f.

literature

• Johann Georg Meusel : Weber (Christoph). In: ders .: Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800. Vol. 14, Fleischer, Leipzig 1815, p. 424.
• Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan: Weber (Christophe). In: ders .: Dictionaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale. Vol. 7, Panckoucke, Paris 1825, p. 469.
• Engelbert Saegelken: Bad Rehburg, Loccum Monastery, the Steinhuder Meer and the Wilhelmstein in their past and present. Geisler, Bremen 1862, p. 20 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Weber (Christophe). In: Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan: Dictionaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale. Vol. 7, Panckoucke, Paris 1825, p. 469.
2. ↑ See the invitation: Decanvs ordinis medici in Academia Georgia Avgvsta Io. George. Roederer dissertationem inavgvralem… Christophori Weber Islebio-Mansfeldensis… habendam indicit praemissi Ex cadaveribvs infantvm morbosis observationibvs. Hager, Göttingen 1758.
3. ↑ Diss. Examen corporum quorundam ad fermentationem spirituosam pertinentium. Goettingen 1758.
4. ↑ Diss. De pyrophoro. Goettingen 1758.
5. ^ Johann Georg Meusel: Weber (Christoph). In: ders .: Lexicon of the German writers who died between 1750 and 1800. Vol. 14, Fleischer, Leipzig 1815, p. 424.
6. ↑ Arzney's knowledge. In: Neue Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek 88 (1804), 2nd item, 6th issue, pp. 345–348.
7. ^ ^{A b} Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Mehliß : Historical news from the Rehburger Gesundbrunnen. In: Neues Hannöversches Magazin 15 (1805), 20th piece, Sp. 305-313; 21st piece, col. 321-332, here col. 328 . For Mehliss see the following normative data and a necrology . Oldenburg died in early 1768, see Christoph Weber: Writing ... , p. 14 .
8. ↑ Christoph Weber: Writing ... , p. 3 .
9. ↑ Hanover. In: Göttingische scholars advertisements 1781, part 2, 88th piece, p. 703 f.
10. ↑ Engelbert Saegelken: Bad Rehburg, Loccum Monastery, the Steinhuder Sea and the Wilhelmstein in their past and present. Geisler, Bremen 1862, p. 20 f.
11. ^ Johann Carl Heinrich Ackermann: Police-medical miscommunication. Kühn, Posen and Leipzig 1806, Third Treatise, Section II: About Policey Institutions at Gesundbrunnen and Baths. Pp. 14-65, here p. 38, note. For Ackermann the authority data of the German National Library.
12. ↑ Bärbel Bendach, Uli Kutter: Lower Saxony in the travel literature of past centuries. Exhibition in the foyer of the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen, 1. – 31. July 1980. Hubert, Göttingen 1981, p. 90.
13. ↑ Christoph Weber: News of the situation, the history, the content, the use and the effects of the Rehburg health fountain and bath. Schmidt, Hannover 1773, p. 52.
14. ↑ Review. In: Selected library of the latest German literature. Vol. 6, Meyer, Lemgo 1774, p. 584 f.
15. ↑ Christoph Weber: Writing ... , p. 4 .
16. ↑ Directory of a book collection on medical, philological, historical and natural history related contents; also a collection of silver and gold medals. From the abandonment of the because. Hofmedicus Weber zu Walsrode, which took place on March 26th, 1788 and in the following days. In the afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock, on the town hall of the Neustadt Hannover, are to be sold to the highest bidder. Hanover 1788 (digitized version of the SLUB Göttingen, 2011).