Ludwig Dornblüth

Albert Ludwig Dornblüth , also Johann Albrecht Daniel Ludwig Dornblüth (born April 10, 1784 in Ludwigslust ; † March 13, 1857 in Plau am See ), was a German doctor , Grand Ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin district physicist, Privy Councilor and at the time one of the most respected Mecklenburg doctors .

Life

Ludwig Dornblüth was born as the son of the ducal court singer August Wilhelm Donblüth in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin residence Ludwigslust. He studied medicine at the Rostock University and received his doctorate there in 1813 . After completing his doctorate, he settled in Plau am See as a general practitioner and at the same time as an appointed Domanialamtsarzt . In 1814 he married Friedrike Wilhelmine Kock in Rostock, daughter of the superintendent at the local St. Marienkirche .

In June 1825, Dornblüth opened an outpatient institute for eye diseases in Plau, and a year later he also treated surgical cases. By mid-1827 there were 187 eye patients and 60 surgical patients, the chances of recovery were almost 90%. It is important to note that 90 of these 247 patients are in need - more than 36%! - were treated free of charge.

On February 10, 1827, Dornblüth was awarded the title of Privy Councilor for his services , and on December 1, 1828, he was appointed district physician . His daughter Minna Dornblüth married the Leipzig doctor Ferdinand Goetz in 1853 . This in turn was an outstanding figure for the German gymnastics movement .

As a very respected doctor, Dornblüth also published on medical topics, especially orthopedics, such as the treatment of broken bones and deformities . Another topic was the prosthetics of limbs, for example on behalf of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg for a musketeer named Drefal. He also wrote articles in the journal of practical medicine founded by Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland .

In the context of disputes with the hydrotherapist JH Rausse , who wrote against orthodox doctors and homeopaths , Dornblüth described cold water healing institutions and thus water cures as useless and "dangerous for the public".

Dornblüth was an honorary member of the Pharmacists' Association of Northern Germany , a real member of the Leipzig Medical Society , an external member of the Royal Societas Media in Copenhagen, and a corresponding member of the Berlin Medical and Surgical Society and other medical associations.

His son Friedrich Dornblüth (1825–1902) and his grandson Otto Dornblüth also became doctors.

Publications

Replacement apparatus for lost limbs. Notified by the Hofr. Dr. Dornblüth zu Plau in Meklenburg. A .: Artificial feet. E.g .: About artificial arms (pp.737-750; 763-766; 609-616, 1 plate), Wschr. total Heilk., 1844 / 46-47 † 1845/38. - Berlin, A. Hirschwald, 1844.
About the mechanical replacement of the lost lower limbs with our own apparatus. Rostock and Güstrow, at JM Oeberg & Comp., 1831. ( digitized in the Google book search)
The horse's foot, the different curvatures of the knee joint and tubular bones, the attraction of the lower leg against the thigh and its safe healing by a new mechanical device. With folded. lithographed Blackboard. 31 pp. Cardboard tape of the time with label on the spine. Rostock and Güstrow, JM Oeberg & Comp., 1831.

literature

Ludwig Dornblüth . In: Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg doctors from the oldest times to the present. Schwerin, 1929. p. 202.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Volker Klimpel: Famous amputees. In: Würzburger medical history reports 23, 2004, pp. 313–327; here: p. 322.
^ Gundolf Keil : Vegetarian. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 34, 2015 (2016), pp. 29–68, here: p. 44.
↑ Hubertus Averbeck: From the cold water cure to physical therapy. Reflections on people and at the time of the most important developments in the 19th century . Europäische Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2012, ISBN 978-3-86741-782-2 , p. 226 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Dornblüth, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dornblüth, Johann Albrecht Daniel Ludwig (full name); Dornblüth, Johann Albert Daniel Ludwig; Dornblüth, Albert Ludwig (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medic
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludwigslust
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1857
Place of death	Plau am See

[1] Volker Klimpel: Famous amputees. In: Würzburger medical history reports 23, 2004, pp. 313–327; here: p. 322.

[2] Gundolf Keil : Vegetarian. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 34, 2015 (2016), pp. 29–68, here: p. 44.

[3] Hubertus Averbeck: From the cold water cure to physical therapy. Reflections on people and at the time of the most important developments in the 19th century . Europäische Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2012, ISBN 978-3-86741-782-2 , p. 226 f.