Karl von Pfeufer
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Carl Sebastian von Pfeufer , also Karl (von) Pfeufer (born December 22, 1806 in Bamberg , † September 13, 1869 in Pertisau am Achensee ), was a German medic.
Life
Carl Sebastian von Pfeufer was a son of the doctor Christian Pfeufer and also studied medicine in Erlangen and Würzburg from 1824, where he received his doctorate in 1831. He then worked as an assistant to Johann Lukas Schönlein and did a practical job in Munich.
In 1839 he was appointed to succeed Schönlein as professor and director of the medical clinic in Zurich and took up this position in 1840. Together with his friend Jakob Henle , in 1844 he founded the "Zeitschrift für rational Medicin", which was published until 1869. Together they set themselves the task of tracing physiological and pathological facts back to physical and chemical processes.
In 1844, Pfeufer succeeded Theodor Bischoff (1807–1882) as a professor of pharmacology in Heidelberg . In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament . In 1852 he went to Munich as head of the second clinic. After another cholera epidemic in Munich in 1854, Pfeufer campaigned for a chair in hygiene at the University of Munich. This was then filled with Max von Pettenkofer . In 1858 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
By being awarded the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , he received the personal title of nobility in 1855.
tomb
The grave of Carl Pfeufer is in the old southern cemetery in Munich (grave field 34 - row 1 - place 13/16) location . The tomb with the stone bust comes from Anton Heinrich Hess .
family members
The later Bavarian Interior Minister Sigmund von Pfeufer (1824-1894) was his younger half-brother.
literature
- August Hirsch : Pfeufer, Karl von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 661 f.
- Eberhard J. Wormer : Pfeufer, Carl v .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 332 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Kerschensteiner, Josef: The life and work of Dr. Carl von Pfeufer . Lampart, Augsburg 1871 ( digitized via EOD )
- The correspondence between Jakob Henle and Karl Pfeufer 1843–1869: ed. and edit by Hermann Hoepke. (Sudhoff's archive. Supplements; Issue 11) Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1970
- Marcus Steiner: Karl von Pfeufer (1806–1869): Biography and Ergography . Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1999
- Christoph Gradmann: Pfeufer, Karl von. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1135.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl von Pfeufer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Overview of Karl von Pfeufer's courses at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1840 to winter semester 1843)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
- ↑ Claudia Denk, John Ziesemer: "Art and Memoria, The Old Southern Cemetery in Munich" (2014), Grabstätte 175, p. 482
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfeufer, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfeufer, Carl Sebastian von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1869 |
| Place of death | Pertisau am Achensee |