Johann Heineken

Johann Heineken (born October 26, 1761 in Bremen ; † January 17, 1851 ibid) was a German physician and city physician of Bremen.

Life

Heineken is the son of the Bremen city physician and medical professor Philipp Isaac Heineken. He attended the Bremen high school illustrious and began studying medicine there. Later he moved to the University of Groningen , where on August 16, 1783, with the dissertation De morbis nervorum eorumque frequentissima ex abdomine origine to the Dr. med. received his doctorate . He then took a trip through the Netherlands , England , Scotland and the German states .

After his return to Bremen on January 6, 1786, Heineken was appointed professor of anatomy and experimental physics at Gymnasium illustre, an academic high school , and took up this professorship on June 1 of that year. He also succeeded his father in the office of city physician and became a member of the city's health council. In addition, he worked temporarily as a spa doctor and is said to have received a court councilor title . Inspired by Arnold Wienholt , he dealt with animal magnetism .

Heiniken was a member of the Society of Sciences in Göttingen , the Imperial Natural Research Society in Moscow and a Natural Research Society in Marburg. He was also one of the administrators of the Rhedenschen Foundation of the city of Bremen.

His son Philipp Cornelius Heineken also became a physician in Bremen, the mayor Christian Abraham Heineken was his brother.

Works (selection)

Outline of the obstetrics for use in the city of Bremen area , Bremen 1792.
Ideas and observations concerning animal magnetism and its application , Bremen 1800.
Eilzen's healing springs and their surroundings , Hanover 1808.
On the most important advances in physics and chemistry in the last thirty years , Bremen 1808.

literature

Wilhelm Olbers Focke : Heineken, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 365.
Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : Lexicon of all scholars who have lived in Bremen since the Reformation: along with news from bored Bremers who held positions of honor in other countries , Volume 1, Schünemann, Bremen 1818, p. 191 f.

Web links

Works by and about Johann Heineken in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ State calendar of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , Bremen 1839, p. 51.
↑ Hubertus Averbeck: From the cold water cure to physical therapy: considerations on people and at the time of the most important developments in the 19th century , 2013, p. 131.
^ State calendar of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , Bremen 1839, p. 73.

personal data
SURNAME	Heineken, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and city physician of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH	October 26, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen
DATE OF DEATH	January 17, 1851
Place of death	Bremen

[1] State calendar of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , Bremen 1839, p. 51.

[2] Hubertus Averbeck: From the cold water cure to physical therapy: considerations on people and at the time of the most important developments in the 19th century , 2013, p. 131.

[3] State calendar of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , Bremen 1839, p. 73.