Karl Strack (physician)

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Karl Strack (born February 17, 1722 in Mainz , † October 10, 1805 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German doctor.

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Karl Strack studied medicine in Mainz, Paris , Berlin and Erfurt . He received his doctorate in Erfurt in 1747. In Mainz he was appointed professor of surgery in 1754, physiology and pathology in 1763 and chemistry in 1782 . In 1784 during the restoration of the University of Mainz , he was given the title of "electoral court and government councilor". In June 1794 he moved to Aschaffenburg with the Elector of Mainz, Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal and some of his professorial colleagues .

Strack's work on treating cradle cap with powder from wild pansy herb attracted particular attention . Without naming his sources, he resorted to experience reports from the late Middle Ages and early modern times. His Viennese colleague Anton von Störck proceeded in a similar way in his investigations into the pharmacology of the autumn crocus and the blue monkshood. The Americans John Stearns and Oliver Prescott also used this method at the beginning of the 19th century when, in their investigations of ancient folk remedies, they described the labor-enhancing effect of ergot , which was already known in the late Middle Ages and early modern times .

Works (selection)

  • Dissertatio de mechanismo, effectu, usu respirationis sanae. Erfurt 1747
  • Dissertatio de reliquis instrumentis, quibus praeter contractionem cordis sanguis in circulum agitur. Mainz 1752
  • Tentamen medicum de dysenteria, et qua ratione eidem medendum sit. Mainz 1760
  • Observationes medicinales de morbo cum petechiis et qua ratione eidem medendum sit. Macklotianus, Karlsruhe 1766 (digitized version )
  • Observationes medicinales de colica pictonum maximeque whether arthritidem. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1772 (digitized version)
  • De crusta lactea infantum ejusdemque specifico remedio dissertatio: quam Scientiarum, Artium atque Litterarum Academia, quae Lugduni in Galliis est altero duplici praemio coronavit the 3 Decembr. Ann. 1776. Andreae, Frankfurt am Main 1779. (digitized)
    • Of the children's cradle cap and a specific remedy against it: an award booklet crowned by the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Hoffmann, Weimar 1788 (digitized version)
  • Ad quaestionem, quam de enervando variolarum miasmate saluberrima facultas medica Parisiensis proposuerat, responsum: quod eiusdem facultatis iudicio proxime ad praemium accessit the 5th November anno 1778. Andreae, Frankfurt am Main 1780 (digitalized)
  • Academic speeches on the care of the sick and the deceit of the nurses. Frankfurt 1779
  • Karl Strack's answer to the question raised by the medical faculty in Paris: to specify a means of rendering the leaf poison ineffective: and which, according to the judgment of the same faculty, would receive the access on the 16th of the winter month of 1778. Andreae, Frankfurt am Main 1780 (digitized )
  • Dissertatio de catarrho epidemico anni 1782. Crass, Mainz 1784 (digitized version )
  • Observationes medicinales de febribus intermittentibus et qua ratione eisdem medendum sit: opus quod scientiarum, artium atque litterarum academia divionensis praemio coronavit, August 11, 1782. Weiss, Offenbach 1785 (digitized version )
    • Observations on the intermittent fever. Weiß and Brede, Offenbach am Main 1786 digitized MDZ
  • Nova theoria pleuritidis verae et recta eidem medendi ratio: experimentis demonstrata. Mainz, Alef 1786 (digitized version)
  • The general hospital in Mainz. Frankfurt 1788
  • Observationes medicinales de una prae caeteris causa, propter quam sanguis e foeminarum utero nimius profluit, atque haec quomodo submoveri debeat. Voss, Berlin 1794 (digitized version)

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SURNAME Strack, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1805
Place of death Aschaffenburg