Karl Wilhelm Mayer
Karl Wilhelm Mayer , also Carl Wilhelm Mayer (born June 25, 1795 in Berlin ; † February 12, 1868 ibid), was a German gynecologist . He is regarded as one of its founders because of the new examination and surgical methods that he introduced in the field of gynecology.
Life
Mayer was born in 1795 as the son of a town surgeon and obstetrician and took part in the Wars of Liberation as a volunteer at the age of 14 in 1813 . In 1814 he began to study medicine in Berlin and in 1817 became Adam Elias von Siebold's assistant . Mayer received his doctorate in 1821 with the work De polypis and opened a gynecological practice in Berlin. From 1832 he offered poor women from Berlin to be treated free of charge in his practice. Together with other doctors, he founded the Heimia Society in 1833 . In 1844 he founded the Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Berlin, which still exists today .
In 1840 he was awarded the title of Medical Councilor, and in 1846 the title of Secret Medical Councilor .
Mayer was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Berlin-Schöneberg . It has been dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honorary grave since 1958 .
family
In 1824 he married the daughter of banker Martins in Berlin. The couple had two sons and five daughters. Both sons became doctors; Louis Mayer later took over the gynecological clinic of his father, the younger son August succumbed to a pulmonary tuberculosis in 1861. His daughter Ferdinande Amalie Rosalie (1832–1913) married the doctor Rudolf Virchow in 1850 .
literature
- Franz von Winckel : Mayer, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 122-124.
Web links
- Works by and about Karl Wilhelm Mayer in the German Digital Library
- Article in the biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of the honorary graves. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Berlin.de, accessed on October 6, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Karl Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Carl Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gynecologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1868 |
| Place of death | Berlin |