Franz Adolf Ziegler
Franz Adolf Ziegler ( January 17, 1833 in Bern - May 17, 1899 ibid) was a Swiss physician.
Life
Ziegler was the son of the brewer Friedrich Emmanuel and his wife Maria geb. Lutz. He married Hedwig Schneider, a daughter of Johann Rudolf Schneider .
He studied medicine in Bern and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. Further training followed in Vienna, Prague and Paris. He then opened a doctor's practice and later became a doctor at the Burgerspital. From 1863 he was a private lecturer at the University of Bern. From 1876 to 1899 he was a senior medical officer in the army.
Ziegler reorganized the army medical service through better training of the medical officers as well as through regulations and instructions, promoted the military medical and Samaritan associations and became involved in the Red Cross. With the “Allg. Swiss military magazine ”he gave himself a controversy over this reorganization.
He was an honorary member of numerous military medical societies at home and abroad.
literature
- Peter Müller-Grieshaber : Franz Adolf Ziegler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 22, 2012 .
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SURNAME | Ziegler, Franz Adolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss medic |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1833 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1899 |
Place of death | Bern |