Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann

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JCG Ackermann (1790)

Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann (born February 17, 1756 in Zeulenroda , † March 9, 1801 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ) was a German doctor and editor of medical publications.

Life

Ackermann attended the University of Jena when he was only fifteen . His teacher was Ernst Gottfried Baldinger . Both then moved to Göttingen , where, in addition to medicine, he studied classical science with Christian Gottlob Heyne . Ackermann completed his habilitation in 1775 as a private lecturer at the medical faculty of the University of Halle , where he spent two years.

He then returned to Zeulenroda to practice as a doctor. In 1780 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1786 he followed the call to the University of Altdorf , where he received a professorship for chemistry. In 1794 he accepted the chair for applied medicine and at the same time held the position of director of the poor hospital. Ackermann died of tuberculosis at the age of 45 .

The focus of Ackermann's scientific work was on studying and publishing historical medical writings. He collected rare works and translated foreign language literature into German.

Fonts

  • as publisher: Regimen sanitatis Salerni sive Scholae Salernitanae De conservanda bona valetudine praecepta. Stendal 1790.
  • Institutiones historicae medicinae , Nuremberg, 1792
  • Notes on the Knowledge and Treatment of Some Diseases , 1794–1800
  • Handbook of War Medicine , 1795 Volume 1 , Volume 2
  • Hand and auxiliary book for field doctors , 1797, Volume 1 , Volume 2

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann (with picture)