Ernst L. Wagner

This article deals with the pathologist Ernst L. Wagner. For the politician see Ernst-Ludwig Wagner .

Ernst Leberecht Wagner

Ernst Leberecht Wagner (born March 12, 1829 in Dehlitz , † February 10, 1888 in Leipzig ) was a German pathologist and physician.

Life

Wagner studied medicine in Leipzig with Karl August Wunderlich, in Prague with Josef von Škoda and in Vienna with Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky . After completing his studies, he established himself as a general practitioner in Leipzig. In 1855 he completed his habilitation in Leipzig. After his habilitation in 1855 he became an associate professor in 1860 and a full professor of general pathology and pathological anatomy at the University of Leipzig in 1862 .

Influenced by Rokitansky and Skoda, the founders of the Second Viennese School, Wagner turned to pathological anatomy and advocated the establishment of a pathological institute in Leipzig.

From 1862, Wagner and Paul Uhle (1827–1861) published the “Handbuch der Allgemeine Pathologie”, which quickly developed into a standard work and appeared in a total of seven editions. In the same year he was appointed associate professor for general pathology and director of the outpatient clinic in Leipzig, but initially only with very modest means. The sections took place in the Jakobsspital.

After Wagner had already been on the candidate list of the University of Heidelberg in 1865 for the new chair for pathological anatomy, the University of Leipzig then appointed him to its first full professor for general pathology and pathological anatomy in 1869. He can therefore be regarded as the founder of the Pathological Institute at the University of Leipzig. After Berlin, Würzburg, Munich and Göttingen, Leipzig was one of the first German universities to have an independent pathological institute.

Through numerous publications, Wagner made a name for himself as a researcher in the years that followed. Particularly noteworthy is the "Archive of Medicine" published by him. He was also very popular as a teacher. His later colleagues Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld , from 1885 a full professor of pathology in Leipzig, and Paul Flechsig , 1884–1921 full professor of psychiatry and 1894/95 rector of the University of Leipzig, as well as the " Father of the modern caesarean section “ Max Sänger (1853–1903), later full professor of gynecology in Prague, mentioned.

After the death of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich in 1877, Wagner took over the management of the medical clinic, which he headed until his death.

Services

His special scientific achievements included the discovery of fat embolism in the pulmonary vessels, and he also made a name for himself with various pathohistological examinations and evidence. He made great contributions to the promotion of the scientific endeavors of Leipzig doctors as long-term chairman of the medical association and the Leipzig medical services. In addition, he edited the "Archive for Medicine" from 1860 to 1878.

Publications (selection)

• The uterine cancer, Leipzig 1858
• Manual of general pathology, together with Paul Uhle , Leipzig 1862, 7th edition 1876
• Contributions to Ziemsen's "Manual of Special Pathology and Therapy" etc.

literature

• Literature by and about Ernst L. Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Karl Sudhoff: Ernst Leberecht Wagner. In: Münchnermedizin. Wochenschrift 56, 1909, p. 1545
• Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of the 19th century. issued v. J. Pagel, Berlin / Vienna 1901 ( online )
• Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking physicians. issued v. Dietrich von Engelhardt, Munich 2002
• Julius Leopold Pagel :  Ernst Leberecht Wagner . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 489 f.
• Overview of the lectures of Ernst L. Wagner at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1855 to summer semester 1888)
• Ernst L. Wagner in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig