Ludwig Pfeiffer (physician)

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Ludwig Pfeiffer (born March 31, 1842 in Eisenach ; † May 9, 1921 in Weimar ) was a German doctor , prehistorian and coin collector .

Life

Pfeiffer studied medicine in Jena, Würzburg, Berlin, Prague and Vienna and received his doctorate in 1863 . During his studies in 1859 he became a member of the Arminia fraternity in the castle cellar . From 1866 he was in Weimar, where he became a secret medical advisor and from 1872 court physician to Grand Duchess Sophie. He was head of the Saxon Grand Ducal Vaccination Institute in Weimar, from 1885 district doctor and until 1908 head of the Weimar Sophien Hospital, which was inaugurated in 1886 (and previously head of the nursing home founded in 1877 to which the hospital belonged). When the cholera epidemic broke out in Weimar in 1865 and 1867, he was largely responsible for combating it by improving hygiene. He also fought for the rights of resident doctors in Thuringia (he created a close connection between the Thuringian doctors' representatives and the Leipzig Association, which later became the Hartmannbund ), earned nurse training and medical statistics. From 1873 he was editor of the correspondence sheet of the general medical association in Thuringia . Richard Strauss was one of his patients .

As a coin collector, he brought together a large collection on the history of the epidemics and also published in this area. As a prehistorian he was a student of Friedrich Klopfleisch and was involved in the excavations for the Palaeolithic in Ehringsdorf (finds of the Ehringsdorf prehistoric man from 1908). He published a book about the tools of the Stone Age, where he also did experimental archeology himself .

In 1888 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . The Pfeiffer spring near Weimar was named in his honor on his 75th birthday. Pfeiffer was a leader in the initiative for the restoration of the nearby main tower in 1909. Since 1995 the State Medical Association of Thuringia has awarded the Dr. Ludwig Pfeiffer Medal for services to health care.

Fonts (selection)

  • The cholera conditions in Thuringia . Munich 1867.
  • The Thuringian bathing and health resorts . Vienna 1872.
  • Pocket book of nursing for nursing schools, for doctors, and for the family . 2nd edition Böhlau, Weimar 1890. 12th edition 1929.
  • with Carl Ruland : Pestilentia in nummis. History of the major common diseases in numismatic documents. A contribution to the history of medicine and culture . Laupp, Tübingen 1882 ( digitized version ).
  • Pestilentia in nummis. Descriptive list of the medals marked on epidemics of plague, yellow fever, cholera, on smallpox diseases and inoculations, on Jenner, Sacco and Vaccinaton, as well as the medals marked on famine and other calamities . Wagner, Weimar 1880.
  • Stone Age technology and its relationship to the present . Jena 1912.
  • The Stone Age shell technology and its relationship to the present. A contribution to the history of work and the psychology of the devices . Publishing house Gustav Fischer, Jena 1914.
  • The tools of the stone age man . Publishing house Gustav Fischer, Jena 1920.

literature

  • Julius Pagel (ed.): Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin and Vienna 1901, Sp. 1287–1288 ( digitized ).
  • Eleonore von Bojanowski (ed.): Fifty years in the service of charity. Memorial sheet for the 50th anniversary of the Sophienhaus nursing home in Weimar . Weimar 1925.
  • Christine Günther: Life and Work of the Secret Court and Medical Councilor Dr. med. Ludwig Pfeiffer (1842–1921) with special consideration of its importance for the medical profession . Dissertation University of Jena 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Directory of the old men of the German fraternity. Überlingen am Bodensee 1920, p. 134.
  2. ^ Dietmar Seifert: Richard Strauss in Weimar
  3. ^ Pestilentia in nummis. Pfeiffer Collection, Dr. Ludwig Pfeiffer ... Prof. Dr. Ernst Pfeiffer ... Auction ... 15. – 16. April 1942 . Hans Meuss Munzenhandlung, Hamburg 1942 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ Member entry by Ludwig Pfeiffer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ Pfeiffer spring and Hainturm
  6. ^ Hainturm, Weimar
  7. ↑ Dr. Ludwig Pfeiffer Medal ( Memento of the original from October 1, 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. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.laek-thueringen.de
personal data
SURNAME Pfeiffer, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfeiffer, Ludwig Karl Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, prehistorian and coin collector
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenach
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1921
Place of death Weimar