Johannes Bohn

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Johannes Bohn

Johannes Bohn (* July 20, 1640 in Leipzig ; † December 19, 1718 ibid) was a German doctor, physiologist and university professor for anatomy, surgery and therapy, who gained importance primarily through his writings on forensic medicine . He was rector of Leipzig University in 1693 and 1694 .

Life

Johannes Bohn was born the son of a businessman and studied medicine between 1658 and 1663 at the universities of Leipzig and Jena . His subsequent travels took him to England, Denmark, Holland and France. Bohn received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1665 , and was appointed professor of anatomy and surgery three years later. As the successor to the late Gottfried Welsch , Johannes Bohn became the City Physician of Leipzig in 1690 . A year later he was given the prestigious professorship for practical medicine and the chair for therapy. Bohn held the office of rector of Leipzig University in 1693 and 1694, and that of dean of the medical faculty from 1700 until his death.

Like Gottfried Welsch, Johannes Bohn campaigned for the section in the context of forensic medical examinations. The name of the young subject as Medicina forensis goes back to Bohn. Bohn wrote numerous scientific writings, some of which, however, were burned before his death on December 19, 1718 - in accordance with his will. In addition to forensic medical treatises in which he u. a. made a distinction between lethal wounds , he also dealt, among other things, with the physiology of the blood circulation .

Works (selection)

  • De Alkali et Acidi insufficienta pro principiorum corporum naturalium munere gerendo . Leipzig 1675.
  • Dissertationes chemico-physicae . Leipzig 1685.
  • Meditationes physico-chemicae de aeris in sublunaria influxu . Leipzig 1678.
  • De duumviratu hypochondrium . Leipzig 1689.
  • Observatio atque experimenta circa usum spiritus vini externum in haemorragiis sistendis . Leipzig 1683.
  • Exercitationes physiologicae . Leipzig 1668–1680.
  • De officio medici duplici, clinici nimirum ac forensis . Leipzig, 1689.
  • De renunciatione vulnerum seu vulnerum lethalium examen . Gleditsch, Leipzig 1689.
  • Circulus anatomico physiologicus seu Oeconomia corporis animalis . Leipzig 1710.
  • Appendix Processuum Chymicorum in JF Vigani Medullam chymiae . 1718. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ WU Eckart, C. Gradmann (Ed.): Doctors Lexicon. Springer, Heidelberg, 2006, ISBN 3-540-29584-4 .
  2. ↑ Ortrun Riha : Bohn, Johannes. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 198.
  3. ↑ Ludwig Krahmer: Manual of Forensic Medicine: with use of its own investigations after the present standpoint of science for doctors and lawyers . Schwetschke, Halle 1851.
  4. ↑ August Hirsch :  Bohn, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 81.
  5. ↑ In: De renunciatione vulnerum seu vulnerum lethalium examen . Gleditsch, Leipzig 1689.
  6. ^ F. Trevisani: Ratio and Experimentum. Johannes Bohn and Italian Experimental Physiology. In: Clio Med. Volume 17, 1982, pp. 199-206.
  7. ↑ Hans-Christoph Kümmell: On the history of ideas of cardiovascular teaching . In: The rod of Mercury . No. 1, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Bohn, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bohn, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1640
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1718
Place of death Leipzig