Johann Friedrich Cassebohm

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Johann Friedrich Cassebohm (baptized September 9, 1698 in Berlin ; † February 7, 1743 in Berlin) was a German professor of medicine and anatomy .

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Johann Friedrich Cassebohm first completed his medical studies at the University of Halle with Professors Georg Ernst Stahl and Friedrich Hoffmann and then spent a few semesters in Paris with Professor Jacob Winslow . When he returned to Halle, he took over the chair of anatomy there from 1738 to 1741, which he then handed over to Philipp Adolph Böhmer , after having been appointed to the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1741 to take on the same chair there. Here he died suddenly and unexpectedly in 1743. Two years earlier, Cassebohm was accepted into the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences .

In his area of ​​expertise, Johann Friedrich Cassebohm concentrated on the anatomy of the ear and wrote several papers on it. In addition, he developed an improved injection method for representing the finest vessels on anatomical injection specimens . He preferred a mixture of wax , turpentine and fat with varying fat content. The fat content determined the solidification time. He wrote in detail about this knowledge in his "Methodus secandi". On the side he also gave zoological lectures from time to time, especially in the field of entomology , which had a long tradition in Halle.

At the time it was not common for universities to have their own collections of specimens. Cassebohm therefore created a collection of anatomical specimens with his own resources, which he used for his studies and lectures. He also took over the collection created by Georg Daniel Coschwitz , the so-called “ Theatrum Anatomicum ”, but had to pay installments to his heir. His own preparations later found their way into the University 's Meckel collection .

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  • Tractatus quator anatomici de aure humana, tribusfigurarum tabulis illustrati . First edition. Halae Magdeburgicae 1734 (12), 84 pp. + 3 plates. Disbound. Lacks the plates. Important tracts on the anatomy and physiology of the ear . G-M, 1547. Waller, 1805. Wellcome II, p. 309
  • Tractatus qvintus anatomicus de aure humana. Cui accedit Tractatus sextus anatomicus de aure monstri humani . 1735.
  • Artistic instruction for the dissection and contemplation of those little mice of the human body [see] / For the benefit of those who practice artzney and miracle art . Translated from Latin and supplemented with many useful comments by Johann Friedrich Cassebohm, Med. D. & Prof. Renger, Halle 1740. (Original title: Methodus secandi et contemplandi corporis humani musculos in usu medecinae et chirurgiae studiosorum .)
  • Methodus secandi or clear instruction for the anatomical examination and dissection of the human body . Berlin, 1746.
  • Joh. Friedr. Cassebohm's instruction on the anatomical examination and dissection of the human body . Lange, Berlin; Stralsund 1769.

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SURNAME Cassebohm, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German human medicine and professor of anatomy
DATE OF BIRTH baptized September 9, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1743
Place of death Berlin