Heinrich Helferich

Heinrich Helferich (born May 4, 1851 in Tübingen , † December 18, 1945 in Eisenach ) was a German surgeon and university professor .

Life

Heinrich Helferich was the son of the national economist Johann von Helferich (1817-1892) and his wife Amalie Henriette nee. Tendril († 1912). He studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the University of Leipzig . During his studies he became a member of the Academic Choral Society in Munich .

In 1874 Helferich was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . After working as an assistant doctor with Karl Thiersch in Leipzig , he qualified as a doctor in surgery in 1879. His father was rector of the LMU at that time . In the same year he became director of the Surgical Polyclinic in Munich, which he greatly expanded.

In 1885 he became a full professor at the University of Greifswald . There he initiated the new building of the clinic in today's Friedrich-Loeffler-Straße. The University of Greifswald elected him rector for the academic year 1892/93. In 1886 Helferich was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

In 1899 he was appointed to the chair of surgery at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel , succeeding Friedrich von Esmarch . In 1907 Helferich was dismissed from his office because of serious shortcomings and personal misconduct. They were seen as a result of " nervous exhaustion ". Shortly afterwards, the title of professor and the rank of general physician in the imperial navy was revoked.

His son Burckhardt Helferich became a chemist .

Fonts (selection)

Atlas and floor plan of the traumatic fractures and dislocations (= Lehmann's medicinische Handatlanten. Volume 8, ZDB -ID 986566-4 ). Lehmann, Munich 1895, ( digitized ; numerous editions). 10th edition, 1922 - Internet Archive

literature

Philipp Portwich: The educated bourgeoisie and the "nervous" zeitgeist of the turn of the century as reflected in a case report - On the work of Heinrich Helferich. In: NTM. International journal for the history and ethics of science, technology and medicine . Volume 7, H. 1, 1999, pp. 161-169, doi: 10.1007 / BF02914150 .

Web links

Overview of Heinrich Helferich's courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1878 to summer semester 1879)

Individual evidence

^ Gerhard Stavenhagen: Helferich, Johann Alphons Renatus von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 468 f. ( Digitized version ).
^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 155.
↑ Johann Alphons von Helferich , Rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries - online bibliography, website of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed on October 11, 2015.
^ Heinrich Helferich , Rector's Speeches in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Online Bibliography, website of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed on October 11, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich Zimmer	Rector of the University of Greifswald 1892	Gustav Pescatore

personal data
SURNAME	Helferich, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German surgeon and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 4, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1945
Place of death	Eisenach

[1] Gerhard Stavenhagen: Helferich, Johann Alphons Renatus von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 468 f. ( Digitized version ).

[2] Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 155.

[3] Johann Alphons von Helferich , Rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries - online bibliography, website of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed on October 11, 2015.

[4] Heinrich Helferich , Rector's Speeches in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Online Bibliography, website of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed on October 11, 2015.