Gottfried Wilhelm Becker

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Gottfried Wilhelm Becker (born February 22, 1778 in Leipzig ; † January 17, 1854 there ), also Godefroy Becker, Guillaume Boulanger or "* r" was a doctor and popular science writer.

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Little is known about his career. In 1801 he wrote his dissertation on the subject of De nisu formativo and was henceforth a general practitioner in Leipzig.

Becker belonged to the group of medical educators of the 18th and 19th centuries. They followed the general tendency, rooted in the Enlightenment , to popularize the sciences and medicine, with which the Enlightenment wanted to end the social exclusivity of knowledge. Because of the abundance of works he has published, one can call him a polygraph. Other representatives of his guild were, for example, Philipp Cornelius Heineken or Johann Friedrich Ernst Albrecht .

Based on the books of non-medical content written by Becker it can be seen that he had a direct share in the war events in or near Leipzig (Battle of Leipzig 1813) and was probably employed as a field doctor. Becker's painting of Leipzig and its surroundings from 1823 gives general information about Leipzig in the early 19th century. In addition to historical data, the reader learns about the topography in general. Leipzig's location, climate, air quality and weather, soil and products thereof, etc rivers . Becker describes streets, public buildings and facilities in the city and provides statistical data on Leipzig's residents (number, birth and death rates, weddings).

Becker's wife (* 1777) died in 1813, one of the two sons (* 1803 or 1804) died in 1815 at the age of 12.

In 1828 a "punishment of Dr. Gottfried Wilhelm Becker for the unauthorized offering of drugs ”.

Becker died on January 17, 1854 in Leipzig and bequeathed his house, Neukirchhof 26, to the municipality as Dr. Becker Blinden Foundation .

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His extensive popular scientific work includes u. a.

1802:

  • Popular anthropology in every way
  • New first aid kit and travel kit
  • Prevention and healing of masturbation
  • The monthly cleaning
  • New Studies on the Life Force of Organized Bodies

1803:

  • Well-intentioned advice to girls capable of marriage, newly married wives, pregnant women and women who have recently given birth
  • The safest ways to get rid of cramps
  • Good advice to my friends, the hypochondrists
  • sniff and cough
  • New home and travel pharmacy, or medical emergency and help booklet: along with a detailed examination of all effective home remedies that can be had everywhere; for economists, landowners, village preachers, country folk and travelers / by GW Becker. - Leipzig, 1803. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

1804:

  • Catechism of Maternity
  • The hemorrhoids
  • The family doctor
  • The scarlet fever
  • Lessons for pregnant women and women who have recently given birth
  • Gout and rheumatism
  • The counselor before, during and after sleeping together
  • Folk Medicine Library

1805:

  • Instruction to maintain eye health (Becker published the first edition between 1800 and 1805 under the pseudonym Guillaume Boulanger)
  • The fracture sick

1806:

  • The art of keeping yourself beautiful and young
  • How can parents make teething easier for children?
  • The field doctor and surgeon in times of war and peace

1807:

  • About pollution
  • Children's diseases
  • The white river
  • The female bosom
  • A few words to those with fractures

1808:

1809:

  • Emergency and help booklet for those with fractures
  • The secrets of the female sex

such as

  • The headache (1810),
  • The counselor for all venereal diseases (1812)
  • Good advice for the deaf and hard of hearing (1815)
  • Handbook of War Medicine (1816)
  • Brief instructions on how to stay healthy ... (1817)
  • Medicinal home supplies for women and girls (1822)

Works were of non-medical content

  • Philaleth on natural, world and human life (1807)
  • Andreas Hofer and the struggle for freedom in Tyrol (1809)
  • Leipzig's horror scenes in September and October 1813 (1813)
  • About the influence of England on Europe so far and what does Europe have to hope or fear from him? (1814)
  • Friedrich August the Righteous Government of Fifty Years (1818)
  • New Albertus Magnus or exquisite, tried and tested economic and technological tricks (1822)
  • Painting of Leipzig and its Surroundings for Strangers and Locals with Special Consideration for the Battles near the City (1823)
  • Napoleon (1838)
  • History of Emperor Napoleon edited for the youth (1846)

There were also numerous translations from French and English as well as several articles in Hufelands Journal der Heilkunde and other journals.

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personal data
SURNAME Becker, Gottfried Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Godefroy (pseudonym); Boulanger, Guillaume (pseudonym); * r (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1854
Place of death Leipzig