Matthias Ludwig Leithoff
Matthias Ludwig Leithoff (born May 22, 1778 in Lübeck ; † November 20, 1846 there ) was a German orthopedist .
education
Leithoff studied medicine in Jena and Göttingen from 1797 . During his studies he became a member of the Order of Unitists in 1799 . In 1801 he became sub-director of the maternity hospital in Jena. In 1803 he was promoted to Dr. med. received his doctorate and completed training as an ophthalmologist in Vienna.
Act
From 1804 Leithoff worked as a general practitioner in Lübeck and in 1807 changed to the St. Annen Monastery in Lübeck. In 1804 he was commissioned by the Senate of the City of Lübeck to set up hospitals for refugees. 1809 was a founding member of the Medical Association of Lübeck .
In 1818 Leithoff finally opened an orthopedic institute in Lübeck. From 1819 it had its seat in the former Palais Brömserhof at Schildstraße 12-14, today the seat of the cultural administration of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. There he achieved such success with innovative healing methods and self-invented machines, especially with children, that this first institute of its kind in Germany soon gained a European reputation and made Leithoff known beyond the borders of the country.
Acquired the 1821 addition, backward went with the Brömserhof affiliated institute building on St. Anne's Road 1872 in the property of the foundation of Jenische free school over and is still of the Hanseatic City as a school for after Gastrosophen Karl Friedrich von Rumohr named Hotel management school used.
Honors
- Royal Prussian Councilor in recognition of his special services in the war year 1806
- Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of Vasa
- Knight's Cross of the Royal Danish Dannebrog Order
- Knight's Cross of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of Christ
- Honorary member of the Imperial Society of Natural Scientists in Moscow
- Name giver of today's "Matthias Leithoff School" in Lübeck for the physically disabled
Familiar
Leithoff was married to Charlotte Dorothea Overbeck (1790–1872), daughter of Christian Adolph Overbeck .
Fonts
- Dissertatio sistens meletemata quaedam obstetricia. Jenae: Goepferdt 1803 (Diss.)
literature
- A. Michelsen : Leithoff, Matthias Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 228-231.
- Theodor Eschenburg (1853–1921): The Lübeck Medical Association during the first 100 years of its existence 1809-1909 , Wiesbaden 1909
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Hoede: Boys out. As a reminder of the origins of the old boyhood. Frankfurt am Main 1962, p. 54.
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leithoff, Matthias Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orthopedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1846 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |