Johann Lukas Boër

Lucas Johann Boër, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1830

Johann Lukas Boër , actually Boogers (born April 20, 1751 in Uffenheim , County of Ansbach , † January 19, 1835 in Vienna - Alsergrund ) was a German doctor and obstetrician .

Life

Johann Lukas Boogers studied in Würzburg with Carl Caspar von Siebold before he came to Vienna in 1771 and received his master's degree here in 1778. The personal injury doctor Anton Josef Rechberger brought Boogers to obstetrics, so that he worked in Rechberger's birthing department in St. Marx's hospital. In 1784 Boogers became the orphanage's surgeon. Emperor Joseph II became aware of the doctor and in 1785 persuaded him to change his name from Boogers to Boër. He prompted Boër on a study trip that took him from 1785 to 1788 to Holland, England, France and Italy. On his return he became the imperial body surgeon and in 1789 head of the department for poor women who had recently given birth in the general hospital. In addition, he also practiced obstetrics classes.

He became a full professor in 1808 and, in 1817, succeeded Rafael Steidele (1737–1823) as the chair for theoretical obstetrics at the University of Vienna . After a lot of hostility, Boer resigned from his teaching post in 1822.

In 1790 the wife of the future Emperor Franz II died after giving birth, for which Boër, who treated her, was held responsible. However, no misconduct could be proven and Emperor Joseph II continued to trust him.

Johann Lukas Boër had been married to Eleonora Jacquet, daughter of court actor Carl Jacquet and sister of court actress Antonie Adamberger , since 1793 . After his death, Boër was buried in the Schmelzer cemetery in Vienna.

meaning

Inspired by his teacher Anton Josef Rechberger, Boër advocated the principles of obstetrics that were as close to nature as possible, which largely dispensed with aids such as forceps, etc. He established obstetrics at the University of Vienna. During his tenure as a teacher, Vienna became a center of modern obstetrics. His student Rudolf Lamprecht (1781–1860) also avoided surgical interventions as far as possible and established the ars obstetricia per expectationem at the University of Padua .

Fonts

• Treatises and experiments with obstetric content , 3 volumes, 1791–93
• Seven books on natural obstetrics , Latin 1830, German 1834

Honors

In 1794 Boër was made honorary doctor of medicine and surgery at the University of Vienna. In 1894 the Boergasse in Vienna- Meidling was named after the famous obstetrician.

literature

• R. Hussian: Boer's life and work , 1838
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Boër, Lukas Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 17 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Karl von Hecker:  Boër, Lucas Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 31-33.
• Wolfgang Dietrich Heinlein: Johann Lukas Boër, the founder of "natural" obstetrics (1751-1835) . Memminger, Würzburg 1935
• E. Vogl: The dispute over Boër . Dissertation, Vienna 1943
• Leopold Schönbauer:  Boër, Johann Lukas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 403 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Boer Johann Lukas. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 98.
• Gabriela Schmidt: Johann Lukas Boër; in: Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien Vol. 1 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992

Web links

• Entry on Johann Lukas Boër in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Loris Premuda: The medical relations between Vienna and Padua during the 19th century. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 13, 1995, pp. 341-350; here: p. 344.