Emil Osann
Emil Osann (born May 25, 1787 in Weimar , † January 11, 1842 in Berlin ) was a German doctor who is considered the founder of scientific balneology .
family
Emil Osann was the eldest son of the Weimaran government councilor Friedrich Heinrich Gotthelf Osann (1753-1803). His mother Amalie Caroline Friederika geb. Hufeland (1766–1843), a sister of Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland , married the Minister of State Christian Gottlob von Voigt after the early death of his father in 1815 . His brother Gottfried Wilhelm Osann (1796–1866) was professor of chemistry and physics in Tartu and Würzburg , his brother Friedrich Gotthilf Osann (1794–1858) was professor of philology in Jena and Giessen .
Life
Emil Osann studied medicine in Jena and Göttingen . 1809, he was at the University of Göttingen with the thesis "Dissertatio sistens saturni medicum maxim internum" doctorate . After passing the Prussian state examination, he settled as a general practitioner in Berlin.
Shortly afterwards he became an assistant doctor at the outpatient clinic in Berlin founded by his uncle Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland. From 1814 Osann was an associate professor of physiology at the medical-surgical military academy there. He completed his habilitation in 1815 and was appointed associate professor in 1818 and full professor for therapeutic products in 1826 . In 1833 he became director of the polyclinical institute, succeeding Hufeland.
Since 1820 he was a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists, Leopoldina .
He is buried in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities .
Act
Not least because of the influence of Hufeland, Osann as a scientist was primarily concerned with the effects of healing springs . In 1822 he published a work on the mineral springs at Kaiser Franzensbad near Eger , for which the Austrian emperor awarded him the great gold medal of honor. His main work was the physical and medical presentation of the well-known healing springs of the most excellent countries in Europe , which is considered the first comprehensive work of balneology. It was laid out in three volumes, although Osann was only able to complete the first two about the German spas by the time he died. Since 1837 he was the sole editor of the Journal of Practical Medicine .
Osann got involved with his wife in numerous social projects and supported sick Berlin citizens.
literature
- August Hirsch: Osann, Emil . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 458 f.
Web links
- Emil Osann: Physical and medical presentation of the well-known healing springs of the most exemplary countries in Europe , Volume 1 , Edition 2, Verlag Dümmler, 1839, original from the University of Ghent, digitized December 7, 2010
- Emil Osann: Physical and medical presentation of the well-known healing springs of the most excellent countries in Europe , Volume 2 , Verlag F. Duemmler, 1832, original from the University of Lausanne, digitized April 2, 2009
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Osann, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1842 |
| Place of death | Berlin |