Johann Gottlob Bernstein

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Johann Gottlob Bernstein

Johann Gottlob Bernstein (born June 28, 1747 in Saalborn ; † March 12, 1835 in Neuwied ) was a German doctor and professor of medicine.

Life

Bernstein was born on June 28, 1747 in Saalborn as the son of the village pastor . His family moved to Schwerstedt near Weimar in his early childhood . There he was taught by a private teacher in Latin and Greek as well as in playing the piano and organ . Bernstein later attended the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium in Weimar. While his father wanted him to study theology in Jena , Bernstein was drawn to an apprenticeship with a Weimar doctor. The court doctor in Weimar taught him anatomy , but Bernstein quarreled with him and left Weimar immediately. He then went hiking through the country to help sick people in the villages.

Bernstein was looking for more "adventures" and therefore hired on a seal-catching ship in Hamburg . On the seal hunt he reached the coast of Greenland . After leaving the ship, at the age of 25, he settled in Ilmenau (Thuringia) to work as a doctor. He married shortly afterwards in Ilmenau and met Goethe while working as a mountain surgeon in the city . Since a friendship developed with Goethe, he stood up for Bernstein at the Weimar court (Ilmenau was then part of Saxony-Weimar ), which earned the doctor a salary of 200 thalers a year. However, Bernstein remained a critical mind. He criticized his colleagues for sneaking additional “ blood money ” from the already suffering population through unnecessary “condom bloodletting ” .

His diverse interests meant that when a bark beetle plague broke out in the Thuringian Forest , he began to occupy himself with forest science . He contributed parts to the manual for practical forest and hunting knowledge .

When the dukes of Weimar were of the opinion that Bernstein should become “more” than Ilmenau's mountain doctor, they brought him to the Lodersche Clinic in Jena . He also led lectures at the medical faculty of the University of Jena . The main focus was on bone fractures , bandage theory and dislocations . He was extremely popular with his students. After some time at the University of Jena, he received the title of "court surgeon" from the Weimar Duke.

In 1806 he moved to the University of Halle and in 1810 to the newly founded University in Berlin , where a friendship with Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland developed. He was finally appointed professor in 1816, although he had never actually completed a medical degree. In 1820, at the age of 73, he submitted a resignation request, which was also granted. At that time, Bernstein was already severely visually impaired and was repeatedly ravaged by gout . He initially returned to Ilmenau , but then moved on to one of his sons in Neuwied , where he finally died on March 12, 1835.

Bernstein had six children with his wife.

Works

  • In 1783/84 the “Dictionary of the Art of Wound Medicine of Modern Times” appeared , which was written by him and dealt with various medical issues.
  • In 1791 he published his practical handbook of obstetrics for budding obstetricians in the publishing house of the Gegelische Buchdruckerey, Frankenthal . In addition to a systematic, also a French and a German word register. 4 volumes.
  • From 1822 to 1823 the two volumes History of Surgery from the Beginning to the Present Time were published in Leipzig .
  • In 1836 his son J. Th. Ch. Bernstein published the work Fragments from the Life of Johann Gottlob Bernstein , which had a biographical character and reported his successes and fears as a doctor.

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SURNAME Bernstein, Johann Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Saalborn
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1835
Place of death Neuwied