Friedrich Wilhelm von Halem

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Halem (born November 13, 1762 in Aurich ; † May 25, 1835 ibid) was medical advisor in Aurich and (co-) founder of the seaside resort of Norderney .

Life

Image of a bathing cart on the island of Norderney before 1822 from the book The island of Norderney and its seaside resort according to the current standpoint

He was the second son of the royal Prussian council and administrator of Pewsum and Greetsiel , as well as secretary of the East Frisian government Wilhelm Friedrich von Halem (1726–1785) and his first wife Dorothea Schnedermann (1733–1762).

Von Halem came to the Ulrichs School in Norden in 1774 and went to the University in Halle in 1781 to study medicine. He moved to Göttingen at Easter 1783 , the following year back to Halle and then on to Berlin . There he took part in public anatomy courses and then went to Frankfurt an der Oder . On May 20, 1785 he was appointed doctor of medicine there. He initially stayed in Berlin for a while and on December 7, 1786, he became a doctor of medicine and surgery in Emden . In May 1787 he was appointed Land Physicist of East Frisia by the East Frisian Estates . On November 28, 1787 he was confirmed by the East Frisian government and then moved to Aurich, where the seat of government was located. In the summer of 1788 he was sent from the estates to Berlin, from there he went to Doberan in what was then Mecklenburg to study the spa culture there. In his report, he stated that the amount of active ingredients in the water of the North Sea is much greater. But since the tidal flats are on the coast , he recommended using the island of Norderney. Therefore, the stalls decided to set up a bathing establishment on the island. This was opened on October 3, 1797. In 1802 he got the formal appointment as a doctor of the bathing establishment and was also responsible for the administration.

As early as 1798 he became a member of the Provincial Medical College and was responsible for supervising all doctors (except those who had been examined in Berlin). After the government took over the costs of the midwifery institute established in Aurich in 1792, Halem was appointed the first teacher at the institute in 1799 . When the Prussian East Frisia was occupied by the Kingdom of Holland in 1806 , he had to give up his offices as rural physicist, medical advisor, spa doctor and teacher at the midwifery institute. In 1810, East Frisia became part of the new Ems-Oriental department . The new administration closed all medical facilities in 1811, but the bathing establishment on Norderney had already suffered badly from the war. Von Halem was ordered to Amsterdam as early as 1809 , where he was assigned to the Ministry of the Interior. In addition to his work there, he attended the universities of Leiden and Utrecht . When the French took power over the Kingdom of Holland in 1812, they formed the Jury de Médecine . In June 1812 he became one of the members. Before the institution could take effect, it was suspended again and Halem now came to medicine de recrutement (recruiting committee). So he decided to go on a six-month trip to various universities. When the Prussians took power again in East Friesland in November 1813, the then regional director Friedrich von Bernuth asked him to reorganize the medical system. Since East Friesland fell to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1815 , there was another new government and new changes. The midwifery institute was rebuilt in 1814, but the government moved it to Emden in 1819. The Norderney seaside resort was also funded again. He gave up his position as a spa doctor in 1820. In 1822 the Natural Research Society of Emden appointed him an honorary member. He suffered a stroke in the summer of 1834 during a stay on Norderney, and another one on New Year's 1835, which almost completely paralyzed him. He died in Aurich in May 1835.

family

Von Halem was married twice. He married his first wife Susanne von Halem (1765–1790) on April 12, 1788 in Emden. She was the daughter of the Prussian magistrate in Esens Gerhard von Halem (1720–1795) and his wife Theda Beata Becker . After her death, he married on November 9, 1791 in Riepe Anna Mencke (* December 10, 1771, † March 10, 1845). She was the daughter of the mayor of Esens Wilhelm Rudolf Mencke and his wife Anna Helena Roese . Both marriages were without children.

Works

During his time he published numerous articles in professional journals. In addition, he also wrote some books including:

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personal data
SURNAME Halem, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Medical councilor in Aurich and (co-) founder of the Norderney seaside resort
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurich
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1835
Place of death Aurich