Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (born January 27, 1759 in Hammelburg , † July 24, 1816 in Würzburg ) was a German taxidermist, prosector and surgeon . In today's medical history, he is a household name as an anatomist and surgeon, although he did not have a school or academic degree.
Life
Hesselbach broke off school attendance in Fulda. In search of an apprenticeship and a job, he moved across the country. In Fulda he began to study philosophy and in 1778 in Würzburg to study medicine. He found his calling when he met Carl Caspar von Siebold in Würzburg . With him he was trained as a taxidermist and prosector of anatomy. Hesselbach then became Siebold's surgical assistant in the Juliusspital (1783) as second assistant . On April 29, 1789, Prince-Bishop Franz Ludwig gave him a permanent position as a prosector. On May 14, 1807, the Würzburg Medical Faculty awarded him an honorary doctorate for his services to the anatomical institute and for his anatomical-surgical writings. Alexander I (Russia) wanted to win him over as a professor of anatomy , physiology and forensic medicine . Hesselbach turned down the call from the University of Kharkov in May 1811. He wanted to remain true to his Franconian place of work. When the Würzburg professor of surgery Georg Anton Markard (1775–1816) fell ill and died, Hesselbach gave lessons in all surgical operations and held the position of chief surgeon in the Juliusspitale until the arrival of Professor Cajetan von Textor . Hesselbach died at the age of 57 of sepsis , which he probably contracted during an inquest,
His son Adam Kaspar Hesselbach studied medicine and also specialized in hernia .
Honors
- Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg (1807)
- Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1814)
Fonts
- Improvement of the stone carving knife , Würzburg 1795
- Complete instructions for the dissection of the human body , Würzburg 1805–1808
- Anatomical-surgical treatise on the origin of inguinal hernias , 1806
- Latest anatomical-pathological studies on the origin and progression of inguinal and thigh fractures , Würzburg 1814
- Description and illustration of a new instrument for the reliable detection and arrest of dangerous bleeding caused by the fracture incision , 1815
literature
- Ernst Gurlt: Hesselbach, Franz Kaspar . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 312 f.
- R. Shane Tubbs, Walter B. Gribben, Marios Loukas, Mohammadali M Shoja, Kevin O. Tubbs and W Jerry Oakes: Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759-1816): Anatomist and Surgeon. World Journal of Surgery 32 (2008), pp. 2527-2529.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Henning Bärmig: Franz Caspar Hesselbach. In: The personal bibliographies of the professors teaching at the Medical Faculty of the Alma Mater Julia zu Würzburg from 1582 to 1803 with biographical information. Medical dissertation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 1969, p. 61
- ↑ a b c Ronald D. Gerste : The fatal triangle in the bar. on the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Kaspar Hesselbach . Chirurgische Allgemeine , Volume 18, Volume 5 (2017), pp. 265–267
- ↑ H. Lermann: The Prosectors Hesselbach. Franz Caspar Hesselbach and Adam Kaspar Hesselbach as prosectors of the Würzburg Anatomical Institute. Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Würzburg (1962)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hesselbach, Franz Kaspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hesselbach, Franz Caspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hammelburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1816 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |