Karl Otto Weber

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Carl Otto Weber

Karl Otto Weber , also Carl Otto Weber (born December 29, 1827 in Frankfurt am Main , † June 11, 1867 in Heidelberg ) was a German surgeon , pathologist and paleobotanist .

Life

Weber grew up in Bremen , where his father was a high school director.

From 1846 he studied in Bonn medicine and was 1851 to MD PhD . He had a pronounced interest in palaeobotany and published an extensive work on the tertiary flora of the Lower Rhine lignite formation in December 1851, which he and the geographer Philipp Wessel , who died shortly before, had new contributions in December 1855.

After his state examination in Berlin, he went abroad to Paris .

At the end of 1852 he became an assistant doctor at the Surgical Clinic in Bonn with Carl Wilhelm Wutzer , who due to his age and progressive blindness could hardly be a teacher and he continued his self-taught training. He qualified as a professor in surgery in 1853, but was unable to take over the vacant chair in 1855, so he turned to pathological anatomy . He stayed at the Bonn clinic until April 1857. He then became an associate professor for pathology and thus the first specialist in this branch of science. Five years later he was made a full professor of pathological anatomy . In addition, he was director of the surgical department of the evangelical clinic and prosector for the clinics, whereby he is also responsible for the microscopic evaluation of the preparations obtained during the operations.

In 1865 he received the chair of surgery at the University of Heidelberg as the successor to Maximilian von Chelius , where he became director of the surgical clinic.

Weber specialized in pathological anatomy and was a specialist in histology and histogenesis . He was able to prove that fever is a result of blood intoxication. Through his work on tumors he was able to achieve a modification of the Dieffenbach incision for the operation of upper jaw tumors, which is referred to as the Dieffenbach- Weber incision.

At the Surgical University Clinic in Heidelberg he separated the eye clinic from his area of ​​responsibility, handed it over to Hermann Jakob Knapp and initiated the construction of the clinic building in Heidelberg / Bergheim.

During this time he spoke more about the poor hygienic conditions in the hospitals. Diphtheria in particular would significantly influence the operations with the results. This gave rise to his special interest in the treatment of the disease. It is very likely that he was infected during his examinations and fell ill with angina in June 1867, which in the course of the disease indicated diphtheria.

Weber died of diphtheria at the age of 40. He was dissected by his friend Julius Arnold , who, in addition to diphtheria, also found degeneration of the heart, possibly caused by a scarlet fever disease in 1850.

He had been married since 1858 and had one son.

Fonts (selection)

  • Ossium mutationes osteomalacia universali effectae: Adjecta una tabula . Dissertation, Bonn, 1851
  • The tertiary flora of the Lower Rhine lignite formation . In: Palaeontographica. Contributions to the natural history of the prehistoric world, II, fourth delivery from December 1851, Cassel 1852, pp. 115–236, panel XVIII – XXV ( digitized version )
  • with Philipp Wessel: New contribution to the tertiary flora of the Lower Rhine lignite formation . In: Palaeontographica. Contributions to the natural history of the pre-world, IV, fourth delivery from December 1855, Cassel 1856, pp. 111–130, panel XX – XXX ( digitized version )
  • The bone tumors in anatomical and practical relation . 1856.
  • Surgical experiences and examinations along with numerous observations from the surgical clinic and the Protestant hospital in Bonn . Walter De Gruyter , 1859
  • About the participation of the vessels, especially the capillaries, in the neoplasms . Archives for pathological anatomy and physiology and for clinical medicine , Volume 29, Issue 1–2, 1864, pp. 84 ff.
  • The academic hospital in Heidelberg, its shortcomings and the needs of a new building . G. Mohr, 1865.

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Otto Weber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Georg Dhom: History of Histopathology . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-56794-0 , pp. 1870 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  2. ^ Heinrich Krebs, Heinrich Schipperges: Heidelberger Chirurgie 1818–1968: A commemorative publication for the 150th anniversary of the surgical university clinic . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-48059-1 , p. 45 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  3. ^ Carl Otto Weber: Surgical experiences and examinations along with numerous observations from the surgical clinic and the Protestant hospital in Bonn . Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 1859, p. VIII ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Georg Dhom: History of Histopathology . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-56794-0 , pp. 1871 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Surgical Ordinaries of the Heidelberg University Hospital. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  6. ^ Heidelberg professors from the 19th century: Festschrift of the university on the centenary celebration of its renewal by Karl Friedrich . Winter, 1903, p. 142 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  7. ^ Rudolf Virchow: Complete works: Dept. V - Virchowiana - materials and documents. Edited by Christian Andree. Volume V, 3: Virchow research as a life's work. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Christian Andree. Georg Olms Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-487-15703-0 , pp. 7 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  8. ^ Otto Haxel: Semper apertus: Six hundred years Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 1386-1986: Festschrift in six volumes . Springer, 1985, ISBN 978-3-540-15425-9 , pp. 191 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  9. ^ Dag Moskopp: Neurosurgery: manual for further training and interdisciplinary reference work; with 206 tables . Schattauer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7945-1991-0 , pp. 146 ( google.de [accessed on November 29, 2019]).
  10. ^ Carl Otto Weber: Surgical experiences and examinations along with numerous observations from the surgical clinic and the Protestant hospital in Bonn . Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 1859 ( google.de [accessed November 29, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Karl Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Carl Otto (alternative name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German surgeon, pathologist and paleobotanist
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1867
Place of death Heidelberg