Hermann August Ramdohr

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Hermann August Ramdohr,
oil sketch by Eugen Urban , around 1903
Ramdohr's institute for therapeutic gymnastics and massage, Medico-mechanical Institute in Leipzig, 2-page article with 8 wood engravings from a magazine from 1892 (1. the building of the institute, 2. the main hall of the institute, 3. view of the women's wardrobe, 4th Active sideways movement of the arms, 5th rider vibration, 6th the cross-section knife, 7th circular abdominal stroking, 8th the hall for manual Swedish and German therapeutic gymnastics)

Hermann August Ramdohr (born December 29, 1850 in Braunschweig ; † around 1920? In Leipzig ) was a German orthopedist and owner of the Zander Institute in Leipzig.

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Hermann August Ramdohr, son of the Brunswick court art dealer and city councilor Carl Wilhelm Ramdohr (1806–1885), was a retired royal Saxon medical officer. D. and an orthopedist practicing in Leipzig . In addition, around 1892 he was the owner of the institute for therapeutic gymnastics and massage , also known as the so-called medico-mechanical Zander Institute in Leipzig, a hybrid of an early fitness studio, physiotherapy practice and gymnastics room. Around 1901 he was a medical councilor and established a foundation for the transfer and later donation of the institute (by Rolf Ramdohr, probably a grandson of H. A. Ramdohr) to the general local health insurance fund in Leipzig . Along with Friedrich Busch , Michael Moritz Eulenburg , Hermann Nebel (1835–1930), Friedrich Eduard Bilz and others (see references, overview in the dissertation by Julia H. Schoeler), he was among the representatives of early physiotherapy in the 1890s. Above all, he made the Swedish therapeutic gymnastics or mechanotherapy with the help of apparatus according to Gustav Zander , which, in contrast to the apparatus-free "German gymnastics", was disparagingly referred to as zanderei , as well as the so-called indoor gymnastics (early form of home trainers) popular with the population .

Ramdohrs Zander Institute around 1880

Ramdohr followed an already prevailing general contemporary trend to improve the physical and mental well-being of the working class and the military in the age of the beginning industrialization. In Germany, this trend began to a notable extent from around the early 19th century. a. after the turning father Jahn from revolutionary ideas (cf. Revolution of 1848 ) to mere physical education, and was also promoted by the prominent Leipzig orthopedic surgeon Moritz Schreber (namesake for the famous poor gardens ) and by numerous military doctors.

In addition, HA Ramdohr published some treatises on mechanical therapeutic gymnastics in medical journals and finally, in 1893, a richly illustrated book with the title The therapeutic gymnastics, presented for everyone .

Ramdohrsche Park is named after him in the Anger-Crottendorf district of Leipzig .

Works

  • The typhus epidemic in the Königl. Saxon. 1st Uhlan Regiment No. 17 at Oschatz in autumn 1882 (Reprint 2010). ISBN 978-1144346544
  • The therapeutic gymnastics, presented in a generally understandable way , Verlagbuchhandlung JJ Weber, Leipzig 1893. Online at archive.org (accessed on May 5, 2020)
  • About machine therapeutic gymnastics Dr. Zander's and some remarks about physical therapy in general . In: Schmidt's yearbooks of domestic and foreign entire medicine , 217, Bonn 1888 (pp. 207–216)

literature

  • Doris Schwarzmann-Schafhauser: Orthopädie im Wandel: The Formation of Discipline and Profession in the Federation and the Empire (1815-1914) , Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2004. ISBN 3-515-08500-9
  • Dietmar Seidenspinner: Training in Physiotherapy - Device-Supported Physiotherapy ISBN 3-540-20290-0
  • Archives for Orthopedics, Mechanotherapy and Trauma Surgery , 1911, Volume 10, No. 1.
  • Schack, Manfred: The Zander Institute of the AOK Leipzig. An early sport therapeutic contribution to health promotion. , DOK Politik Praxis Recht, Vol. 76, No. 23, pp. 788-790, April 25, 1996, ISSN  0030-5995
  • Hans Christoph Kreck: The medico-mechanical therapy Gustav Zander in Germany. A contribution to the history of physiotherapy in the Wilhelminian Empire. Frankfurt am Main, Univ. Diss. (Human Medicine), 1988; reprinted in: Krankengymnastik 42 (1990), pp. 40-46, 164-173, 294-306, 441-444, 537-553, 685-693, 799-804.
  • Noyan Dinckal: medicomechanics. Machine gymnastics between orthopedic apparatus treatment and sociable muscle training 1880–1918 / 19 . In: Technikgeschichte 74, 2007, pp. 227–250.
  • Julia Helene Schöler: On the beginnings of Swedish therapeutic gymnastics in Germany - a contribution to the history of physiotherapy in the 19th century (PDF; 1.1 MB), dissertation, Medical Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster, 2005.
  • Ludwig Gottlieb Ramdohr: Stamm-Tafeln der Familien Ramdohr , manuscript, Gotha 1893

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ten years of the Zander Institute of the local health insurance fund for Leipzig and the surrounding area
  2. ↑ Julia Helene Schoeler: About the beginnings of Swedish therapeutic gymnastics in Germany - a contribution to the history of physiotherapy in the 19th century. Medical Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University, 2005. ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Ramdohr, Hermann August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orthopedist and owner of the Zander Institute in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH around 1920
Place of death Leipzig