Karl Gottlob Kühn

Karl Gottlob Kühn (also: Carl Gottlob Kühn ; born July 12, 1754 in Spergau near Merseburg , † June 19, 1840 in Leipzig ) was a German physician and medical historian.

Life

After attending school in Merseburg and Grimma , Kühn studied classical philology and medicine at the University of Leipzig . In Leipzig he became a full professor of medicine in 1801 and in 1812 the first holder of the newly created chair for surgery.

Kühn was full professor of physiology and pathology from 1820 to 1840 . He was rector of the University of Leipzig from 1805 to 1806, 1809 to 1810 and from 1813 to 1814 . In 1830 he was elected a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1833 he became an honorary citizen of the city of Leipzig.

Kühn's main scientific merits are in the area of ancient medical history. Particularly noteworthy is his work as editor and translator of the works of Galen of Pergamon. From 1821 to 1833 he edited this for the last time and in full (Opera omnia).

Fonts

History of medical and physical electricity, and the most recent experiments made in this useful science . Weygand, Leipzig 1783.
with Pierre Bertholon: Use and effectiveness of electricity to maintain and restore the health of the human body . Weissenfels 1788.
with Johann Adam Kulmus : Johann Adam Kulmus anatomical tables for apprentices of anatomy . Fritsch, Leipzig 1789.
with Johan Rudolph Deiman : About the good effects of electricity in various diseases // from the Dutch. With a few comments and additions. CG Proft, son and company, Copenhagen 1793.
with Konrad Anton Zwierlein: Pocket book for fountains and bathing gowns, 1794 . Fried. Aug. Leo, Leipzig [1794].
The Latest Discoveries in Physical and Medical Electricity / 1 . Leipzig 1796.
with Richard Pulteney : D.Richard Pulteney's history of botany up to modern times, with special regard to England. For connoisseurs and amateurs . Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1798.
M. de Loys: Chronological history of natural science up to our times. For researchers and friends. From the French. Edited by Karl Gottlob Kühn. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1798–1799.
with Edward Moore Noble: About eye inflammation and its secondary diseases . Wilhelm Rein, Leipzig 1802.
with Johann Adam Kulmus: Anatomical tables. Reworked and provided with 27 new copper plates by Karl Gottlob Kühn. New cheaper edition Hahn, Leipzig 1814.
as editor: Claudii Galeni opera omnia. 20 volumes. Leipzig 1821–1833 (= Medicorum Graecorum opera quae exstant. Volume 1–20 ( digital copies ); reprint (with an afterword by Konrad Schubring ) Olms, Hildesheim 1965. Digital copies : facsimiles at BIUM , at archive.org ).

as editor: Pedanius Dioscurides Anazarbeus. 2 volumes. Leipzig 1829-1830.

literature

Vivian Nutton: Karl Gottlob Kühn and his edition of the works of Galen; a bibliography . Microform Publ., Oxford 1976.
Aimilios D [imitriou] Mavroudis: The autographical letter of KG Kühn on the edition of the series Medicorum Graecorum opera quae exstant . In: Sudhoff's archive. Journal for the History of Science 87.2 (2003), pp. 173–179.
Werner Friedrich Kümmel: Kühn, Karl Gottlob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 196 ( digitized version ).
August Hirsch : Kühn, Karl Gottlob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 342.

Web links

Commons : Karl Gottlob Kühn - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Karl Gottlob Kühn in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
Overview of Karl Gottlob Kühn's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1814 to summer semester 1840)
Works by and about Karl Gottlob Kühn in the German Digital Library
Martin Schneider: Karl Gottlob Kühn (1754-1840) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 141.

personal data
SURNAME	Kühn, Karl Gottlob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kühn, Carl Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and medical historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spergau
DATE OF DEATH	June 19, 1840
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 141.