Johann Wilhelm Tolberg
Johann Wilhelm Tolberg (born October 24, 1762 in Iserlohn , † September 17, 1831 in Schönebeck ) was a German medic . He was a pioneer in the field of brine treatment .
Tolberg received his doctorate in 1791 in Halle (Saale) as a doctor and then worked as a city physician in Staßfurt and Calbe . On July 1, 1794, Tolberg became a miners' surgeon in the royal Prussian saltworks in what was then Elmen (now Bad Salzelmen ).
Tolberg noticed that the employees of the salt works often suffered from rheumatism and gout , the children from rashes and psoriasis . By chance, in 1800 he discovered the healing properties of brine , a raw material for extracting salt , and in 1801 had a secret pit built in order to carry out first experiments on patients. After this was successful, he proposed the construction of a bathhouse to the Prussian Minister of State Carl August Freiherr von Struensee . According to an expert opinion by the senior medical college , the king issued a special order on September 21, 1802 to build a bathhouse. This command is the birth certificate of the oldest saltwater pool in Germany .
The success was not long in coming and the bathroom had to be expanded again and again over the next few years. Tolberg worked as a writer to publicize the use of the sole. In other places, brine baths such as B. opened in hall 1809. In 1806 he became a partner in the Solbad Elmen. In 1825 he resigned from his position as miners' surgeon and retired. Tolberg died in 1831 of complications from ascites . The brine bath he founded in Elmen still exists today in the Schönebeck district of Bad Salzelmen .
A street and a school were named in his honor in Schönebeck.
Works
- About the similarity of the brine with the lake water and the use of the brine baths (2 vol.) 1803–1811
- The saltwater pool in Elmen, its history and current facility, 1822
- The Russian steam bath. About the establishment, use and effect of the Russian steam bath at the Soolbade in Elmen, 1826
literature
- Wilhelm Schulze: Johann Wilhelm Tolberg . In: Historical Commission for the Province of Saxony and for Anhalt (Hrsg.): Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder. Volume 3, Pictures of Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Self-published, Magdeburg 1928, pp. 242-252.
- Britta Meldau: Tolberg, Johann Wilhelm. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tolberg, Johann Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1762 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iserlohn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1831 |
| Place of death | Schönebeck |