Johann Karl Kottmann
Johann Baptist Karl Kottmann (born June 16, 1776 in Schongau , † August 23, 1851 in Solothurn ) was a Swiss doctor .
Life
Johann Karl Kottmann was one of the sons of the farmer, landlord and subordinate Johann Kottmann in Schongau. The painter and Swiss general staff officer Franz Jakob Anton Kottmann (1783–1844) was his younger brother. Kottmann studied medicine and was in 1803 with his dissertation De Influxu situs locorum in morbos at the University of Altdorf Dr. med. PhD. In the same year he took up his medical practice in Baden and from 1808 became a city and hospital doctor in Solothurn and a canton doctor . As the latter, he reorganized the cantonal health system in the canton of Solothurn according to the scientific findings of his time. In 1818 he was one of the co-founders of the economic and non-profit society in Solothurn. In 1827/1828 he was the initiator of the construction of the Kurhaus Weissenstein and its sponsor. Kottmann did a great job caring for the poor in Solothurn.
Fonts
- About the warm healing springs in Baden in Aargau , 1826
- The Weissenstein: The milk and whey cures, also whey baths on the Jura near Solothurn , Solothurn 1829
- History of the medicinal system in the Canton of Solothurn , 1829
- Notes from the medical diary of a forty-year practice , 1842
literature
- Othmar Noser: Kottmann, Johann Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Lischer: Kottmann, Franz Anton Jacob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kottmann, Johann Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kottmann, Johann Baptist Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schongau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1851 |
| Place of death | Solothurn |