Joachim Friedrich Henckel

Joachim Friedrich Henckel

Joachim Friedrich Henckel (born March 4, 1712 in Prussian Holland ; † July 1, 1779 ) was a surgeon at the Charité in Berlin .

In 1769 he performed the first caesarean section in the course of the linea alba on a living woman. The child survived and the woman later probably died of peritonitis . On the basis of this achievement, Friedrich II appointed Henckel professor of surgery and obstetrics and councilor to Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm . Henkel later became director of the Charité.

In 1770 he was appointed professor of surgery at the Collegium Medico-chirurgicum as the successor to August Friedrich Pallas , was elected a member of the Leopoldina and published a surgical textbook that also dealt with cataract surgery. In 1776 he was elected a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

literature

• Ernst Gurlt:  Henckel, Joachim Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 730 f.
• MT Schäfer, M. David: Notes on obstetrics in the 18th century. Joachim Friedrich Henckel (1712-1779). The first caesarean section on the living in Berlin 225 years ago , in: Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie, ISSN  0044-4197 , Volume 118 (1996), Issue 3, pp. 121–128

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aloys Henning: On the paradigm shift in cataract surgery, especially in Berlin from 1755. In: Würzburger medical history reports. Volume 18, 1999, pp. 271-296; here: pp. 286–289.
2. ^ Members of the previous academies. Joachim Friedrich Henckel. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on April 3, 2015 .