Karl Bacon
Karl Speck (born August 4, 1828 in Strüth , † December 16, 1916 in Dillenburg ) was a German medic.
Life
Karl Speck studied medicine at the Universities of Giessen and Heidelberg from 1847 to 1851. In 1848 he became a member of the Corps Rhenania in Giessen , which was called Rhenano-Nassovia during his active time. In 1851 he passed the Nassau state examination. He then practiced in Mengerskirchen, Ebersbach and Herborn as a medical accessist and in Hachenburg and Hadamar as an assistant. In 1869 he became a Prussian district physician in Dillenburg. Speck published numerous papers specifically in the field of pulmonology.
Awards
- Awarded an honorary doctorate from a Dr. med. honoris causa by the University of Marburg , 1877
- Appointment to the secret medical council
Fonts
- Studies on oxygen consumption and carbonic acid exhalation in humans , 1871
- Investigations into the effect of the changed air pressure on the respiratory process , 1877
- Critical and experimental investigations into the effect of the changed air pressure on the respiratory process , 1878
- The pneumatic healing method or: the use of compressed and diluted air for lung diseases , 1881
- About pneumatic treatment with air cure and Dillenburg as a climatic health resort , 1889
- Physiology of human breathing according to our own research , 1892
- On strength and nutritional metabolism , 1903
literature
- Pagel: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Berlin, Vienna 1901, Sp. 1627. ( Permalink )
- Dictionary of German biography: Schmidt - Theyer: Volume 9 , ed. Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus , Verlag KG Saur, 2006, p. 398, ISBN 978-3-59823-299-2
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bacon, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strüth |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1916 |
| Place of death | Dillenburg |