Johann Georg Pickel

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Johann Georg Pickel (also Georg Josef Pickel ; born November 20, 1751 in Sommerach ; † July 24, 1838 in Würzburg ) was professor of medicine, chemistry and pharmacy in Würzburg. He was also a medical advisor and manufacturer.

Life

Johann Georg Pickel was born on November 20, 1751 in the Sommerach winegrowing community in the Würzburg monastery . He came from a family of merchants who had made some wealth through the wine trade. The Pickel family originally came to Sommerach from nearby Gerolzhofen . His father Johann Caspar Pickel married Anna Margaretha Schettlin from Dettelbach in 1743 , with whom he was to have nine children. Pickel grew up in today's Maintorstrasse 17.

Johann Georg Pickel went to Würzburg early, where he studied at the Julius Maximilians University . At the age of 27, Pickel received his doctorate in 1778 as Professor of Medicinal Sciences. He then went to Vienna and later to Göttingen until 1781 , where he worked at the respective universities. After returning to Würzburg , Pickel qualified as professor of medicine and then professor of chemistry.

In the same year he received the newly established chair for chemistry and pharmaceuticals at the Würzburg University. He ran a laboratory at the Juliusspital . Here, Pimples experimented with animal bones and tried to use them to produce a luminous gas that was to be used for gas lighting in cities. On May 24, 1784, he married Catharina Josepha Crescentia Sulzbeck, the daughter of the chief surgeon of the university clinic, in the Eucharius Church in his native Sommerach .

In 1786 Pickel had the laboratory in the hospital, previously attached to the pharmacy, completely redesigned and converted into an independent institution. The attempt to ascend over Würzburg in a hot air balloon failed in 1789. In 1803, Duke Maximilian IV Joseph of Bavaria appointed him medical advisor. Pimples had previously excelled with the invention of numerous drugs. At the same time, Johann Georg Pickel was also active in teaching and gave several lectures at the medical faculty.

In addition to his work at the university, the professor also ran a factory that was temporarily housed in the laboratory. Here, in addition to the drugs he had invented, he also manufactured catheters and thermometers . At times, Pickel held a monopoly on the production of Glauber's salt , Epsom salt and mineral lime. He also planned to start mining saltpeter in the vicinity of Homburg and Lengfurt .

At the beginning of the 19th century, Professor Pickel extended his experiments to include biology. With the help of incense, attempts were made to control the frost damage to the vines in the vicinity of Würzburg. After his wife's death in 1811, Pickel remained a widower. A commemorative coin was minted in 1828 to mark his 50th anniversary as a doctor. In 1832 the Bavarian King Ludwig I awarded him the Order of Ludwig he founded .

Johann Georg Pickel did not retire until September 11, 1836, at the age of 84. He died of a stroke on July 24, 1838 in Würzburg and was honored with a funeral service in the cathedral . After his death, the university established two separate chairs for chemistry and pharmacy . In Würzburg, Pickelstrasse was named after the professor. Professor-Pickel-Strasse in Sommerach has also been named after him since 1987.

Works (selection)

  • Johann Georg Pickel: Invitation speech by Professor Pickel to his chemical lectures on the benefits and influences of chemistry on the well-being of a state and on various arts and sciences . Wurzburg 1785.
  • Johann Georg Pickel, Franz Lothar August Sorg: Experimenta Physiologica Et Medica . Wurzburg 1798.
  • Josef Guck, Johann Georg Pickel: De angina membranacea: Dissertatio inauguralis medica . Wuerzburg 1803.
  • Johann Georg Pickel: The annual weather observations in the early and late years with regard to the possibly necessary smoking and protection of the vineyards against the devastating frost: together with a development of the reasons why the smoke fire protects the vines, how it works in the most expedient way, and the Franconian viticulture can be promoted and refined more . Wuerzburg 1804.
  • Johann Georg Pickel: The weather of the year 1805, with its influence on the plant products, especially that of the viticulture, together with some experiments made on the bad must . Wuerzburg 1806.
  • Johann Georg Pickel, Balthasar Rieger: Sensations, the King. Bayr. Dedicated to the medical councilor Doctor Jubiläus and Professor of Chemistry Georg Pickel on the occasion of his 50th doctor anniversary . Wuerzburg 1828.

literature

  • Henning Bärmig: The personal bibliographies of the professors who taught at the Medical Faculty of the Alma Mater Julia zu Würzburg from 1582 to 1803 with biographical information. Diss. Erlangen 1969.
  • Dionys Först, Theodor Joseph Scherg: History of the village of Sommerach am Main . Wuerzburg 1902.
  • Heinrich Friede: On the history of pharmacy at the University of Würzburg: Johann Georg Pickel, Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Würzburg 1782–1838 . Berlin 1927.
  • Winfried Kraus: Sommerach. New chronicle of the romantic wine village on the Mainschleife . Sommerach 2007.

Web links

Wikisource: Johann Georg Pickel  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Main-Post: Wedding as a major event for the entire wine-growing community , accessed on September 29, 2017.
  2. ^ Först, Dionys (and others): History of the village of Sommerach am Main . P. 356 f.
  3. ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . P. 60.
  4. ^ WürzburgWiki: Johann Georg Pickel , accessed on October 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . P. 60.
  6. ^ Franconia-Online: Death note Johann Georg Pickel , accessed on September 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . P. 59.
personal data
SURNAME Pickel, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pickel, Georg Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor, professor of medicine, chemistry and pharmacy
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH Sommerach
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1838
Place of death Wurzburg