Ferdinand Martini (physician)

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Ferdinand Candidus Martini (born February 8, 1798 in Biberach an der Riss ; † July 28, 1868 in Saulgau ) was a German medic .

Life

Ferdinand Candidus Martini was the son of the doctor Joseph Xaver Alexius Martini and had nine siblings. The brothers Ludwig Sebastian Martini and Eberhard Karl Martini ; the brothers also became doctors, Karl Clemens Martini and Friedrich Martini founded an industrial company for textile finishing in Augsburg and Karl Anton Martini became a painter. Ferdinand was born in Biberach on February 8, 1798, trained by his father, then studied at the University of Tübingen and received his doctorate . After he had passed the state examinations and the license to practice medicine, he was allowed to open a medical practice, but initially continued his education in Vienna for a year and a half . In addition, however, he was given the management of a practice.

However, he quickly decided to return to his homeland, although the Viennese people did not agree and Martini himself later regretted it. In 1821 he became a medical officer in Isny and four years later a senior medical officer in Saulgau. Among other things, he was valued for his work as an ophthalmologist . He was elected as a member of the state parliament of the Leutkirch district in 1845.

Martini died on July 28, 1868 at the age of 70 in Saulgau.

Works

  • The normal secretion fluids of the mucous membrane organs as the hitherto unknown causes of most and deadliest internal diseases and most epidemics, at the same time the basic features of a natural system of inflammation and fever
  • On the influence of secretion fluids on the human body in general and on the influence of tears in particular on the human eye, a contribution to the knowledge of animal poisons (two parts; Constance 1843/1844)
  • De l'influence générale des sécrétions sur l'économie animale etc. (1843)
  • On the nature of cholera (Augsburg 1850)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Martini, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martini, Ferdinand Candidus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Biberach an der Riss
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1868
Place of death Saulgau