Friedrich Wilhelm August Vetter

Friedrich Wilhelm August Vetter (born December 23, 1799 in Glogau , † after 1840 in the USA ) was a German physician and balneologist .

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm August Vetter served at the military hospital in Breslau in 1813 , where he fell ill with typhus and was ill for a long time.

In 1819 he began studying medicine at the surgical school of the military hospital in Breslau and continued his studies in 1823 at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) and in 1825 at the University of Berlin . Here doctorate he with his inaugural treatise De Constitutionum atmosphaerae varietatibus Dr. med. He then settled in Berlin as a doctor and published a few treatises on cholera .

In the period from 1833 to 1834 he published the Berliner Gesundheitszeitung, a national medical weekly, and from 1841 to 1843 the annals of the Struve'schen Brunnen-Anstalten .

Encouraged by his father-in-law, the inventor of the artificial mineral water , he began to occupy himself with balneological work and as a result of his studies published some writings on the theory of healing springs.

In 1840 he was co-editor of the archive for the entire medicine that Heinrich Haeser published.

Friedrich Wilhelm August Vetter was married to Maria Theresia, a daughter of the doctor and pharmacist Friedrich Adolph August Struve .

Due to unsuccessful property speculation deals, he moved to North America in the 1840s and died there in impoverished circumstances.

Memberships

Hufelandsche Medical-Surgical Society.
Association for medicine in Prussia.
Society for Nature and Medicine in Dresden.

Fonts (selection)

Illumination of the letter of cholera concerning the President Mr. Dr. Rust to Baron Alexander von Humboldt . Berlin 1832.
The principle of the division of labor: in its application to the separation of the drug ordinance, drug preparation . Berlin 1834.
The cholera epidemic of 1837 in Berlin . Berlin, b. Reimer 1837.
About the use and effects of artificial and natural mineral fountains. A contribution to the justification of the pharmacodynamics of mineral waters . Berlin 1845.
Theoretical-practical handbook of mineral springs theory . Berlin 1838 and 1845.
General fountain and bathing book. First for spa guests . Berlin 1840.

literature

Julius Pagel: cousin, Friedrich Wilhelm August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 664.

Individual evidence

^ Adolph Carl Peter Callisen : Medicinisches Writer Lexicon of the now living physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists, and naturalists of all educated peoples: Addendum: Contains corrections, additions, the newer literature, and the medical writers who have died since 1830. 1838-45 . P. 148 f. Printed at the author's expense in the Königl. deaf-mute institute zu Schleswig, 1845 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2019]).
^ Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 10, Thies - Zymalkowski . P. 242 (limited preview). Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Cousin, Friedrich August Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vetter, Ms. Wilh. Aug .; Cousin, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and balneologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Glogau
DATE OF DEATH	19th century
Place of death	United States

[1] Adolph Carl Peter Callisen : Medicinisches Writer Lexicon of the now living physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists, and naturalists of all educated peoples: Addendum: Contains corrections, additions, the newer literature, and the medical writers who have died since 1830. 1838-45 . P. 148 f. Printed at the author's expense in the Königl. deaf-mute institute zu Schleswig, 1845 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2019]).

[2] Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 10, Thies - Zymalkowski . P. 242 (limited preview). Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2019]).