Ignaz Rudolf Bischoff

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Ignaz Rudolf Bischoff
Grave in the Meidlinger Friedhof

Ignaz Rudolf Bischoff , since 1836 Edler von Altenstern (born August 15, 1784 in Kremsmünster , † July 15, 1850 in Meidling ) was an Austrian doctor.

Life

Ignaz Bischoff, originally from Upper Austria , studied medicine at the University of Vienna and became a doctor of medicine in 1808. During the French occupation in Vienna, he headed a department of a French hospital.

In the years 1813-1825 Ignaz Bischoff lived in Prague , where he was professor at the Charles University in Prague , director of the Second Medical Clinic and chief physician at the General Hospital in Prague. During this time he made great contributions to the spread of the vaccination against the smallpox epidemic , which caused numerous deaths among the population, and was considered a capacity during the typhus epidemics in Bohemia . Then he was from 1826 professor of physiology at the Joseph Academy in Vienna .

In the years 1826-1832, at the medical-surgical military academy, the Collegium-Medico-Chirurgicum-Josephinum , Ignaz Bischoff was professor of special pathology , until 1849 holder of the chair for physiology, from 1841 and definitely from 1847 senior medical officer in the army of the Austrian Empire and head of the Josephinum. During this time this institution acquired a recognized reputation in medical circles in Europe . Bischoff was also chairman of the permanent field of Public Health Committee, the Military drugs directed in the revolutionary year 1848 , Surgeon General and a member of the Vienna Medical Forum and a founding member of the Society of Physicians in Vienna .

Elevation to the nobility and family

In 1836 Ignaz Bischoff was raised to the Austrian nobility with the title Edler von Altenstern .

He was with Johanna geb. Kuh (1798-1891) married, who published several books with valuable memories under the name Johanna von Bischoff . She was also active as a benefactress who later donated the women's home in Meidling. This emerged from the villa of the Bischoff family, who had lived there as a summer residence since 1836. The rest of the year the family lived in an apartment on Vienna 's Stephansplatz . The salon of the Bischoff Villa in Meidling was a meeting place for well-known personalities and others. a. the painter Friedrich von Amerling , the writer Heinrich Laube , the astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow and his son Karl Ludwig von Littrow , to whom a daughter of the bishop of Altenstern Auguste von Littrow had been married since 1839. His daughters Auguste and Luise were trained in drawing by Josef Danhauser at home .

Ignaz Rudolf Bischoff Edler von Altenstern died in his house in Meidling in 1850 and was buried in the Meidling cemetery .

Fonts

  • Observations on Typhoid , 1815
  • Views of Homeopathic Disease Doctrine , 1819
  • Principles of practical medicine , 3 volumes, 1823-25
  • Fundamentals of the Natural Science of Man , 4 volumes, 1837–39
  • Physiology Textbook , 1838
  • Treatises on pulmonary consumption , 1843
  • About poisoning , 1844

Honors

In 1874 the Bischoffgasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after him.

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personal data
SURNAME Bischoff, Ignaz Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ignaz Rudolf Bischoff, noble von Altenstern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Kremsmünster
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1850
Place of death Meidling