Johann Friedrich von Herrenschwand

Johann Friedrich von Herrenschwand (baptized April 28, 1715 in Murten ; † June 1, 1798 in Bern ) was a Swiss doctor .

Herrenschwand was a military doctor in Flanders and in 1740 the personal physician of Friedrich Jakob von Hessen-Homburg . From 1743 to 1745 he was the city doctor of Murten . In the same year he became the personal physician of the Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Gotha in Paris and in 1750 a physician of the Swiss Guard regiment . In 1755 he returned to Murten and was briefly the personal physician of Duke Friedrich III in 1757 . of Saxe-Gotha . From 1764 to 1768, as personal physician to King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski in Poland, he planned a reform of the medical system and was accepted into the Polish knighthood. In 1779 he was called to Bern as a "consulting" doctor . He is considered a "worldly doctor and enlightened medical reformer".

literature

Rochus von Liliencron: Herrenschwand, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 210.

personal data
SURNAME	Herrenschwand, Johann Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH	Murten
DATE OF DEATH	June 1, 1798
Place of death	Bern