Johann Friedrich Weisse
Johann Friedrich Weisse , later von Weisse , (partly also White ; * February 22, 1792 in Reval ; † August 5, 1869 there ) was a Baltic pediatrician .
Life
Weisse was the son of a white tanner . From 1806 to 1810 he attended the Reval Gouvernement Gymnasium . In 1811 he attended the University of Tartu to study medicine, which he there in 1815 with the promotion of Dr. med. graduated with the dissertation De pathologia consensus . During his studies he worked as a nurse in the war hospitals in Riga in 1812/1813 . As a young doctor, Weisse traveled through Europe from 1815 to 1819 to study. In Berlin he was with Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland , Ernst Horn and Karl Christian Wolfart , in Göttingen with Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , in Jena with Lorenz Oken and in Vienna with Leopold Anton Gölis .
Weisse returned to Reval in 1819 before settling in Saint Petersburg as a general practitioner in 1820 . There he held the office of doctor of the city prison from 1820 to 1846 as well as the office of school doctor for several high schools in the city. In addition, from 1835 to 1865 he was senior physician and director of Nikolaj Children's Hospital No. 1 and imperial personal physician. He retired on the 50th anniversary of his doctorate . What he was denied his entire career as a doctor, despite the high recognition of his work, was an academic apprenticeship. From 1829 to 1834 he was also secretary and from 1864 to 1866 director of the German Medical Association in St. Petersburg.
Weisse went on a study trip to Italy in 1865/1866 and then settled again in Reval.
Honors
Weisse received a variety of awards and medals, including the Order of St. Stanislaus I Class, the Order of St. Vladimir III. Class and the Order of Saint Anne II Class. As early as 1814, he was awarded the silver medal for completing a prize task. The honorary title of Privy Councilor followed ten years later in 1824. In 1843 he was given the title of Real Councilor of State , later he was still a privy councilor and was awarded the title of nobility .
Weisse was also a member of various learned societies. Including from 1855 as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and from August 1, 1859 of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina as No. 1902 with the nickname Pallas II.
Works (selection)
- De pathologia consensus , Dorpat 1815.
- Experiences with drug-independent somnambulists together with some experiments with a water sensor , Berlin 1819.
- Paris and London for the doctor, especially in consideration of public hospitals and catering establishments , St. Petersburg and Halle 1821 (only volume 1 on Paris; volume 2 remained unpublished as a handwritten manuscript).
- On the oology of the rotifers , St. Petersburg 1862.
- List of all infusoria, bacillaria and rotifers I have observed in St. Petersburg in a 30-year period. Moscow, 1863.
- Ob Thier ob Pflanzen , St. Petersburg 1868.
literature
- Ludwig Stieda : Weisse, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 594-596.
- Marta Fischer: Russian careers. Personal physicians in the 19th century. Shaker, Aachen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8322-9623-0 , p. 270 f.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Johann Friedrich Weisse. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Works by and about Johann Friedrich Weisse in the German Digital Library
- Biography on saw-leipzig.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry of Johann Friedrich Weisse at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weisse, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weisse, Johann Friedrich von (full name); White, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic pediatrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1869 |
| Place of death | Reval |