Johann Friedrich Fürstenau

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Johann Friedrich Fürstenau (born October 31, 1724 in Rinteln ; † March 22, 1751 there ) was a German physician.

Life

Johann Friedrich was the son of the physician Johann Hermann Fürstenau and his wife Sophie Eleonore Büsching. He received his first training from private tutors and at the schools in his hometown. From 1738 he studied medicine at the University of Rinteln . In addition to his father, Funck, Steuber, Eskuchen, Kahler, Bierling and Ziegler became his teachers here. After he had supported his brother Otto Bernhard Fürstenau in Gronau from 1743, he completed a training trip through the Netherlands. He was at Utrecht University, experienced Amsterdam for six months, traveled to Rotterdam, Gouda, The Hague, and finally to Leiden University . In Leiden he had followed the lectures of Bernhard Siegfried Albinus , Hieronymus David Gaub and Adriaan van Royen for a month . He then traveled to a large number of German places of study and returned to his hometown at the end of 1744. On June 18, 1745 he received his doctorate from his father. In 1747 he received a full professorship for anatomy and surgery in Rinteln. In 1747 he was named Faustin III. admitted as a member ( matriculation no. 548 ) to the imperial academy of natural scientists and in 1750 to the German society in Göttingen. A chest fever ended his life.

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personal data
SURNAME Fürstenau, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Rinteln
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1751
Place of death Rinteln