Carl Ludwig Sigmund von Ilanor
Carl Ludwig Sigmund Ritter von Ilanor (born August 27, 1810 in Schäßburg , † February 1, 1883 in Padua ) was a Transylvanian doctor, balneologist , syphilidologist and professor of venereology at the University of Vienna .
Life
Carl Ludwig Sigmund von Ilanor was one of the numerous Transylvanian doctors who worked as university professors in Vienna. He was born the son of Michael Sigmund, the Protestant pastor from Denndorf, Augsburg Confession . Sigmund attended grammar school in his native Schäßburg and then became a doctor of surgery as well as a master's degree in ophthalmology and obstetrics at the medical and surgical Joseph's Academy ( Josephinum ) in Vienna. In 1837 he received his doctorate in medicine in Budapest. In 1842 he became a primary surgeon at the Vienna General Hospital , and in 1844 lecturer with lectures on theoretical surgery, instruments and bandages. In 1848 he pushed through the separation of the syphilitic ward and in 1849 became a full professor at the clinic that had emerged from this ward. Sigmund was a follower of Ignaz Semmelweis and implemented his findings in his clinic. In 1837 Sigmund wrote a paper on "The Italian Maritime Sanitary Establishments and General Reform Requests", which was submitted to the Vienna International Sanitary Conference, a forerunner of the World Health Organization , and which led to the draft of an "International Sanitary Convention". Sigmund wrote numerous balneological works. In 1866 Sigmund was ennobled with the title "von Ilanor", in 1871 he was raised to the Austrian knighthood and in 1878 was appointed court counselor . Carl Ludwig Sigmund von Ilanor was married to one of the daughters of the Transylvanian chemist Paul Traugott Meißner . He died in Padua, where he was visiting his eldest daughter.
Erna Lesky described Sigmund von Ilanor as a social hygienist on a grand scale.
Honors
Sigmund von Ilanor was a full, corresponding or honorary member of the academies and scientific associations of Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Edinburgh, Dresden, Erlangen, Florence, Halle, Hamburg, Hermannstadt, Jassy, Leipzig, London, Munich, New York, Budapest, Paris, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Turin, Warsaw and Vienna.
Works (selection)
- Füred's mineral springs and Lake Balaton , Pest 1837.
- On the plague and quarantine question , 1848.
- Southern climatic curorts with special consideration for Pisa, Nice and the Riviera, Venice, Meran and Gries , Braumüller Vienna 1859.
- The rub-in treatment with gray mercury ointment for forms of syphilis, Braumüller Vienna 1866.
- Syphilis and venereal ulcer forms , 1870.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sigmund von Ilanor, Karl Ludwig Ritter . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 272–275 ( digitized version ).
- Julius Pagel : Sigmund, Karl Ludwig, Knight of Ilanor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 300 f.
- August Fabritius: Transylvanian-Saxon doctors as pupils of the surgical institute of the Vienna medical faculty , in: Medical Journal , Hermannstadt 4 (1930), vol. 6, p. 8.
- Arnold Huttmann : Medicine in old Transylvania , Hora Hermannstadt / Sibiu 2000, p. 266, 359-360.
- G. Winter: Sigmund von Ilanor, Karl Ludwig. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , pp. 254 f. (Direct links on p. 254 , p. 255 ).
Web links
- Karl Ludwig Sigmund in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Holubar : History of Vienna Dermatology Clinics. MedUniWien, University Clinic for Dermatology, accessed on May 17, 2020. Digitized
- ↑ Arnold Huttmann 2000 S. 359th
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ilanor, Carl Ludwig Sigmund von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ilanor, Carl Ludwig Sigmund Ritter von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Transylvanian Medic |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1810 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schäßburg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1883 |
Place of death | Padua |