Franz Heim (doctor)

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Franz Joseph Heim (born March 18, 1792 in Scheer , † October 17, 1845 in Ludwigsburg ) was a Württemberg chemist and physician . He was the personal physician of the Queen of Württemberg.

Life

Franz Heim attended grammar schools in Augsburg and Konstanz and then studied medicine at the universities in Freiburg, Landshut and Würzburg. Even before he finished his studies, he was assigned a soldier by drawing lots and as a junior doctor at the military hospital in Stuttgart. In January 1813 he was promoted to senior physician and took part in the campaign in Saxony as regimental physician for the Prince Adam cavalry regiment . In 1827 he became professor of chemistry at the Württemberg war school in Ludwigsburg and personal physician to Queen Mathilde , whom he accompanied on a trip to England. After the Queen's death, he continued to work as a regimental doctor in the Royal Württemberg 1st Cavalry Regiment in addition to his teaching activities.

On August 3, 1838, he was elected with the academic surname Jenner as a member ( registration number 1455 ) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

As a doctor, Franz Heim made an appearance primarily with his publications on smallpox . His nickname Jenner , chosen at the Leopoldina, is a throwback to the English country doctor Edward Jenner , who developed the modern vaccination against smallpox.

In 1841 he published the German edition of the Observations on the variolae vaccinae by Robert Ceely (1797-1880).

Franz Heim was awarded the Order of the Württemberg Crown (Knight) for his services .

Fonts

  • Results of the revaccination in the Royal Württemberg military in 1833, 1834 and 1835 . Nast, Ludwigsburg 1836 digitized
  • Historical-critical presentation of the smallpox epidemics of the entire vaccination and revaccination system in the Kingdom of Württemberg within the five years July 1831 to June 1836 . Imle and Liesching, Stuttgart 1838 digitized
  • Wildlife bath in the royaume de Wurtemberg et ses eaux thermales. Traité topographique et médical . Stuttgart, Paris and London 1839 digitized
  • Robert Ceely: Observations on Cowpox, Vaccination, Retrovaccination, and Variolation in Cows . Swiss beard, Stuttgart 1841 digitized

literature

  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 267 (archive.org)
  • Hermann Klencke : Nekrolog Franz Joseph von Heim . In: Allgemeine Zeitung für Militair-Dozte, 42, Braunschweig October 24, 1846, p. 400 digitized

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personal data
SURNAME Home, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heim, Franz Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg chemist, physician and personal physician to the Queen of Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Scheer
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1845
Place of death Ludwigsburg