Ferdinand Battlehner

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Ferdinand Battlehner (born February 24, 1824 in Wiesloch ; † November 16, 1906 in Karlsruhe ) was a German doctor and privy councilor .

life and career

Ferdinand Battlehner was the son of the Wiesloch teacher Johann Battlehner and his wife Philippine, née von Wetzel. When his father died, the last time he was the main teacher in Östringen , Ferdinand moved with his mother to Rastatt in 1838 to attend the local high school. After making a successful scholarship graduated from high school, he moved in 1844 to the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg around there medicine to study. In 1848 he was able to finish his studies as a doctor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics . Afterwards he passed the state exams in these fields so that he could also work as a doctor.

Already during his studies he drew the attention of the Heidelberg doctor Franz Naegele because of his talent , who called him as an assistant in his maternity clinic . After completing his professional qualifications , he first worked in Freiburg , where he worked as a prosector and lectured as a private lecturer in the subjects of osteology , syndesmology and pathological anatomy . Two years later he went to Waldkirch as a doctor for a short time before he settled in Renchen as a medical practitioner. In nearby Ortenau , he was one of the founders of the medical association . His great anatomical knowledge, his skill in surgery, his medical knowledge and his empathic approach to the art of childbirth quickly earned him a high reputation, both in the population and in the Baden government. He was soon appointed as deputy medical consultant, then initially as deputy - shortly afterwards as full-time senior doctor for the Central Rhine District. Later (1866) he was also a medical advisor , then a senior medical advisor and finally a privy councilor .

After his transfer in 1866, Battlehner founded the club clinic in Karlsruhe, which also included a school for nurses. Both were under the patronage of the Baden Women's Association founded by Grand Duchess Luise in 1859. After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71 , the War Ministry appointed him chief physician of the Karlsruhe garrison hospital , which he also looked after after the end of the war. In 1883, Battlehner was also appointed as an extraordinary permanent member of the Imperial Health Department in Berlin . Even after he retired in 1901, he continued to be involved in nursing and promoting the women's association. In particular, he continued to devote himself - as he had always done - to the fight against tuberculosis , for which he had become known far into the state of Baden.

family

Ferdinand Battlehner was married to Luise geb. Knob. This marriage resulted in three children, Emil Battlehner (born April 29, 1854 in Renchen) as a soldier ( lieutenant colonel ), Frieda Battlehner (born November 26, 1857 - December 19, 1924), and Theodor Battlehner (born March 24, 1864 in Renchen) Profession doctor and medical advisor.

Honors, titles and awards

literature

  • Ferdinand Battlehner: Instructions for caring for the sick and wounded , CF Müllersche Hofbuchhandlung, Karlsruhe 1880
  • A. Krieger (Ed.): Badische Biographien , VI. Part, 1902-1911, 1st issue, pp. 332-335.
  • Ferdinand Battlehner: About the school buildings , Malsch & Vogel, Karlsruhe, 1897

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Badische Sisterhood of the Red Cross eV (Luis Sisters) in Karlsruhe , accessed on December 8, 2018
  2. ^ Motherhouse of the Luisenheim of the Baden Sisterhood in Karlsruhe in the 1930s , accessed on December 8, 2018
  3. ↑ Ferdinand Battlehner: About the school buildings , accessed on December 7, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Battlehner, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Battlehner, Ferdinand Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesloch
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1906
Place of death Karlsruhe