Joseph Ignaz Düntzer

Joseph Ignaz Düntzer (born May 27, 1808 in Cologne ; † September 30, 1848 there ) was a surgeon , obstetrician and medical historian.

Live and act

Ignaz Düntzer was born as the eldest son of the businessman Johann Josef Düntzer in Cologne ; his mother was Maria Cäcilia Düntzer, née Seydlitz.

He attended the Karmeliter-Gymnasium in Cologne from 1817 and finished this school after 10 years with the Abitur. He then began studying medicine in Bonn at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University in 1827 and completed it after five semesters. During his studies he attended lectures in the subjects of logic and psychology , experimental physics , botany , zoology , dissection of living things, experimental chemistry and mineralogy . Other lectures attended were oesteology , syndesmology, general and special anatomy , pharmacology , correct formulation of formulas, theory of practical medicine, childhood diseases, pathology , healing of surgical diseases, correct detection and treatment of eye diseases, and broken and dislocated bones. He also attended philosophical lectures. In Bonn he became a member of the Corps Rhenania .

In the fall of 1829 he moved to the Charite in Berlin , where he received further training from Eduard Wolff, who was the head of the department for internal diseases. Ignaz Düntzer received in-depth instruction in the areas of special therapy for chronic and acute diseases, aciurgy, midwifery and the dissection of corpses. In Berlin, he then passed the exams in clinical medicine and surgery .

On March 9, 1831 he received his doctorate with his dissertation De delirio tremente .

On December 31, 1833, he married Margaretha Hertmanni from Cologne, the daughter of the justice of the peace Franz Josef Aloys Hertmanni and Johanna Katharina Seydlitz. After his death he left her a valuable collection of paintings so that she was financially supported afterwards.

After a short stay in his hometown of Cologne , he opened a practice in Bedburg near Bergheim and worked as a general practitioner. Over time, his practice continued to develop and expand. During this time he also began to conduct scientific studies and to publish texts in medical journals. In cooperation with the pharmacist Anton Monheim, he carried out various drug trials. In order to get better opportunities for a better job, he passed the physics exam in Koblenz , but there was no job offer.

In 1838 he moved to Cologne for health reasons and, despite his illness, took over a large medical practice and worked as a general practitioner, surgeon and obstetrician.

In 1848 Ignaz Düntzer also took on a position as doctor for the poor , which he carried out conscientiously until his death in September 1848.

Scientific activity

Ignaz Düntzer dealt intensively with obstetric issues. He was also interested in mental illnesses and the history of medicine. It also dealt with other medical topics. He was interested in scientific research throughout his life and his work contributed to pushing it forward. His most important publications concern difficult childbirth and its complications. Of particular value is the edition and the perfect translation in verse of the health rules of the Salerno school .

Works

• De delirio tremente. Dissertation inauguralis medica. Berolini: Typis CF Brettschneiderii, 1831. Digital copy from the Bavarian State Library .
• On the internal use of chlorine , published in Wochenschrift für die Gesamt Heilkunde , No. 5 of January 29, 1836, editor: Casper, co-editor: Romberg, v. Stosch, Thaer
• 1. Late teething and 2. Description of a monster , published in Wochenschrift für die Gesamt Heilkunde , No. 13 of March 30, 1839, editor: Casper, co-editor: Romberg, v. Stosch
• Strange steatomatous and tubercular degeneration of the uterus, with simultaneous pregnancy of normal duration , published in Neue Zeitschrift für Natalskunde , Vol. 8 (1840), editor: Dr. Busch, Dr. von d'Outrepont, Dr. by Ritgen and Dr. by Siebold
• Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum - Health rules of the Salernitan school. In Latin and in verse of the original German along with the history of the school. Edited by Dr. J. Düntzer. Cologne: FC Eisen 1841. Digitized at Google Books
• The competence of the obstetrician over life and death: with special consideration of the controversial question: in doubtful cases, may the mother's child or mother be sacrificed to the child? Cologne on the Rhine: JP Bachem, 1842. Digitized at Google Books
• Obstetric observations and experiences (published in Neue Zeitschrift für Natalskunde , Vol. 11 (1842), editors: Busch, von d'Outrepont, von Ritgen and von Siebold). In this:
  • 1) Significant impression of the frontal bone in a newborn, caused by an exostosis between the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae.
  • 2) Dead monster in a living and well-educated child.
  • 3) Eclampsia parturientium.
  • 4) Two cases of placenta previa, successfully terminated by application of the forceps and application of the secale cornutum.
• The delivery of dead pregnant women in obstetrical and forensic relationships. Cologne: JP Bachem, 1845 digitized from Google Books

Individual evidence

1. ^ New necrology of the Germans. Vol. 26, p. 636 . Voigt, 1850 ( google.de [accessed August 30, 2017]).
2. ↑ Veronika Elisabeth Karola Betz: Life and teaching of the Cologne obstetrician. University thesis: Köln, Univ., Diss., 2012, accessed on August 30, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 15 , 81