Henri-Christophe Rieken

Henri Christophe Rieken (* December 6, 1797 in Jever as Heinrich Christoph Rieken; † April 16, 1875 in Brussels ) was a German - Belgian doctor and civil servant.

Life

Rieken studied medicine at the University of Göttingen , where he received his doctorate in 1818 with a thesis on diabetes mellitus .

He first organized health services in accordance with the Vienna Convention for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg have come Principality of Birkenfeld and was - probably through the mediation of Metternich - 1835 personal physician of the first Belgian King Leopold I.

In 1841 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

De diabete, praesertim mellito. Baier, Göttingen 1818 (dissertation).
New investigations into the hereditary tendency to fatal bleeding, mainly from an aetiological and therapeutic point of view, with special reference to a blood family in the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Principality of Birkenfeld. Hermann, Frankfurt am Main 1829 ( digitized in the Google book search).
The iron-containing mineral springs to Hambach and Schwollen in the Grand Ducal Oldenburg Principality of Birkenfeld. Muquardt, Brussels 1840 ( digitized version ).
Mémoire sur l'emploi du carbonate d'ammoniaque dans la scarlatine, avec la description des épidémies qui ont régné en différents pays, et dans lesquelles ce médicament a été employé. Tircher, Brussels 1843.
Rapport sur le concours pour la question relative aux nouveaux médicaments introduits dans la thérapeutique pendant les vingt-cinq dernières années (1833–1858) (posée pour 1858 pa la Société des sciences médicales et naturellen de Bruxelles). Tircher, Brussels 1859.

* Rieken (Henri-Christophe). In: Biography National. Vol. 19 (1907), Col. 322-325 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Rieken, Henri Christophe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rieken, Heinrich Christoph (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German and Belgian doctor and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH	December 6, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jever
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1875
Place of death	Brussels