Kaspar Theobald Tourtual
Kaspar Theobald Tourtual (born September 1, 1802 in Münster ; † May 15, 1865 ibid) was a German physician and anatomist.
Life
Tourtual was born in Münster as the son of the doctor Karl Florenz Tourtual and studied medicine in Münster and from 1820 in Göttingen and Berlin. In Berlin he received his doctorate in medicine in 1823 with the dissertation De Mentis Circa Visum Efficacia: Specimen Inaugurale Anthropologicum . He then continued his studies on a scientific trip to Paris and through southern Germany.
In 1825 he was employed as a tutor for anatomy and physiology at the medical and surgical college in Münster. He also gave lectures there on surgical clinic and surgery. In 1830 he was appointed teacher of anatomy, in 1831 operative surgery and director of the surgical clinic and the anatomical museum. At the Provincial Medizinalkollegium in Münster he worked as a scientific assistant, medical assessor (from 1838) and medical adviser (from 1838) from 1830 . From 1832 to 1849 he worked at the same time as a doctor in the Münster penal institution and in the criminal prosecution authority, the Inquisitoriat. When the medical school was closed in 1849, Tourtual remained with the title of a government and medical council in his offices in the provincial administration and supervised the anatomical collection, the anatomical theater . He died on May 15, 1865.
literature
- Julius Pagel: Tourtual, Kaspar Theobald . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 487.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaspar Theobald Tourtual - MünsterWiki. Retrieved October 14, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tourtual, Kaspar Theobald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1865 |
| Place of death | Muenster |