Justus Radius
Justus Wilhelm Martin Radius (born November 14, 1797 in Leipzig ; † March 7, 1884 there ) was a German pathologist .
Life
Radius attended the St. Thomas School in Leipzig . He studied medicine from 1816 , received his master's degree in 1820 and a doctorate in medicine in 1821 . From 1821 he was a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . Radius completed his habilitation in 1822. In 1825 he became associate professor for hygiene and general pathology at the University of Leipzig . He also worked as a freelance doctor and ophthalmologist . In addition, he was given the partial chair for psychological therapy in 1843 and continued Heinroth's psychiatric lectures until the partial chair was dissolved informally in 1848. From 1832 to 1853 he worked in the Georgenhaus at Leipziger Brühl . In 1840 he finally became a full professor of pathology.
Radius was a member of the Leipzig Freemason Lodge Minerva to the three palms .
With the help of the Radius Brandstetter Foundation , Radius' wife Wilhelmine geb. Brandstetter († October 17, 1890) after the death of her husband , the new building of the Leipzig Conservatory designed by Hugo Licht at Grassistraße 8 was built in 1887 .
Honors
In 1910 was in the Leipzig district Lindenau the radius road by Justus Radius and his wife Wilhelmine named.
Works
- Johann Christian August Clarus and Justus Wilhelm Martin Radius: Contributions to practical medicine with excellent consideration of medical geography, topography and epidemiology , Volume 2, Verlag Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1836 digitized
- with Michael Jäger and Johann Karl Wilhelm Walther : Concise dictionary of all surgery and ophthalmology. 6 volumes, Gebhardt and Reisland, Leipzig 1836–1840 (Jäger collaborated on volumes V – VI unsecured).
- Volume I (1836): Ligation - Atresia vulvae . (Digitized version)
- Volume II (1837): Atrophia-Scapular Fascia . (Digitized version)
- Volume III (1838): Fascia T-formis – Hypopyon . (Digitized version)
- Volume IV (1839): Incontinentia – Opium . (Digitized version)
- Volume V (1839): Orthopedic Staphyloma . (Digitized version)
- Volume VI (1840): Staphylorraphia-Zincum . (Digitized version)
- Selected healing formulas for use by general practitioners and surgeons. 2nd edition, Voss, Leipzig 1840 (digitized by the University and State Library of Düsseldorf , urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-147679 ).
literature
- Julius Leopold Pagel : Radius, Justus Wilhelm Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 135 f.
Web links
- Overview of the courses held by Justus Radius at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1821 to summer semester 1884)
- Justus Radius in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ^ Holger Steinberg: Psychiatry at the University of Leipzig: A two hundred year tradition. In: Würzburger medical history reports 23, 2004, pp. 270–312; here: p. 275 f.
- ^ University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig: History of the University, Foundation and Development in the 19th Century (accessed on November 17, 2017).
- ↑ Gina Klank, Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 174.
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SURNAME | Radius, Justus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Radius, Justus Wilhelm Martin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pathologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1797 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1884 |
Place of death | Leipzig |