Guido Samson from Himmelstjerna
Hermann Guido Samson von Himmelstjerna (born January 23, 1809 on Gut Korast, Kannapäh municipality , Estonia governorate , † January 18, 1868 in Dorpat ) was a German-Baltic military doctor and university professor in Dorpat.
Life
As the son of the landowner Karl Hermann Christian Samson , Samson attended grammar school in Dorpat. From 1826 he studied three years jurisprudence , then to 1832 medicine. In 1834 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . He was a member of the Livonia Dorpat (1826) and an honorary member of the Curonia Dorpat (1858). He continued his scientific studies at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin , the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and the University of Vienna under Carl von Rokitansky . In 1836 he married the daughter of the royal judge Peter v. Welz. When he returned to his homeland, he initially served in the Navy. He was employed on April 12, 1837 at the Kalinkin Hospital in St. Petersburg and made short sea voyages in the following years. In July 1842 he moved to Brest-Litovsk as senior physician in the Alexander Cadet Corps . On May 28, 1845, Samson was appointed to the new chair for state medicine at the University of Dorpat . He was also assigned the clinical training of future military doctors , to which he devoted himself in the city hospital. From January 21, 1865 until his death he was rector of Dorpat University. He died in office shortly before his 59th birthday.
Awards
- Title Real Council of State
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Order of St. Vladimir , 3rd class -
Annenorden , 2nd class -
Order of St. Stanislaus , 2nd class with the imperial crown
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Works
- Observations on the scurvy especially from a pathological-anatomical point of view . Berlin 1843
- Communications from the practical sphere of activity of the professor of state medicine . Dorpat 1847, 1852, 1859
- About spinal neuroses . Med. Newspaper of Russia 1844, No. 8
- Observations during an epidemic in Moscow in 1840 . Haeser's Archives, Vol. V, 1844
- with Georg von Oettingen : Popular instructions for the care and treatment of the most common eye diseases among the rural population in the Baltic Sea provinces of Russia, especially in Livonia . Mitau 1860
literature
- Ludwig Stieda: Samson von Himmelstjerna, Hermann Guido . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 315-317.
Web links
- The Samson family from Himmelstjerna
- Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Guido Samson von Himmelstjerna. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the Kannapäh community (Estonian: Kanepi kogudus)
- ↑ Dissertation: De extracto aethereo oleoso-resinoso seminum cinae
- ^ Wilhelm Lenz ( arrangement ): Album Livonorum . Philistine Society of Livonia, Lübeck 1972. No. 120
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 65/61
- ^ Order based on the album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat 1867
- ↑ The communications were of importance for the forensic doctors of the Russian-German Baltic provinces.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Samson von Himmelstjerna, Guido |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Samson von Himmelstjerna, Hermann Guido |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic military doctor and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kanepi , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1868 |
| Place of death | Dorpat |