Franz Joseph Thrower
Franz Joseph Werfer (born December 17, 1778 in Ellwangen ; † June 1, 1823 ) was a doctor and author of the medical topography of the imperial city of Gmünd.
Life
Werfer received his doctorate in medicine in Landshut in 1805. When he wrote his medical topography, he was the second city doctor in Schwäbisch Gmünd (since 1806). In 1814 he was transferred to Neresheim . From 1817 he officiated as senior medical officer in Ellwangen.
He had been married to Christoph von Schmid's sister Therese from 1806 . His son was the clergyman and writer Albert Josef Benedikt Werfer .
His work, published in Gmünd in 1813, is a remarkably early testimony to the medical description of the country.
Works
- Attempt of a medical topography of the city of Gmuend , published by Joh.Georg Ritter, Gmünd 1813.
literature
- Dieter Jetter: The medical care of Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1700 until today (= series of publications of the District Medical Association of North Württemberg . No. 3, ISSN 0523-1205 ). Gentner, Stuttgart 1966, pp. 13-16.
- Franziska Werfer: The Werfer family in the history of the town of Ellwangen. In: Ellwanger yearbook. 25, 1973/74, ZDB -ID 217468-6 , pp. 321-391, here pp. 341ff., 352f.
- Klaus Graf : Gmünder chroniclers in the 19th century. In: einhorn-Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd. 1981, ISSN 0723-0877 , pp. 177-185, here p. 180
Web links
Wikisource: Franz Joseph Werfer - Sources and full texts
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SURNAME | Werfer, Franz Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and author of a medical description of the country |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1778 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellwangen |
DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1823 |