Mihály Ignác von Lenhossék

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Mihály Ignác von Lenhossék (1820)

Mihály Ignác von Lenhossék (also: Michael von Lenhossék ; born May 11, 1773 in Pressburg ; † February 11, 1840 in Ofen (Buda) ; ennobled 1808) was a physiologist , psychologist and university professor . He was one of the first to use the smallpox vaccination in Hungary and also made great contributions to the fight against cholera .

Life

After attending secondary school with the Jesuits in Pressburg, Lenhossék studied medicine at the universities of Vienna and Pest . In 1799, the year he was one of the first to vaccinate against smallpox in Hungary, he became a Dr. med. doctorate and also by the Primate of Hungary and Archbishop of Esztergom József Cardinal Batthyány the surgeon of the county Gran appointed.

Lenhossék was appointed professor of physiology and anatomy at the University of Pest in 1808 . He was dean as early as 1809/10 and again from 1815 to 1817, and then rector of the university in 1818/19 . In 1819 he moved to Vienna . There he became professor of physiology at the University of Vienna.

Lenhossék was appointed governor and protomedicus in Pest in 1825 . He was the director of the Medical Faculty at Pest University until his death. In addition to the fight against cholera, especially in 1831, and the smallpox vaccinations, he also made an outstanding contribution to the organization of medical training and medical administration in Hungary.

József von Lenhossék , Hungarian anatomist, neurologist and university professor, was his son, Mihály von Lenhossék , Hungarian anatomist and university professor, was his grandson.

Honors

Lenhossék received a number of awards. In 1808 he was raised to the Hungarian nobility . He received a ring of honor from the Russian Tsar and the Wasa Order from the King of Sweden . He was also an elected or appointed member of 18 learned societies in various European countries. For example, from 1805 at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Göttingen , in 1817 at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Josephine Academy of Sciences in Vienna , from 1823 at the Russian Medical-Surgical Academy of Sciences in Petersburg , from 1828 at the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino and from 1834 at the Academy of Sciences in Bonn . In 1831 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Works (selection)

  • Investigations into passions as causes of disease , 1804.
  • Introductio in methodologiam physiologiae corporis humani , 1808.
  • Physiologia medicinalis , 5 volumes, 1816-1818.
  • Institutiones physiologiae corporis , 2 volumes, Gerlod, Vienna 1822.
  • Representation of the human mind in its relationship to spiritual and physical life , 2 volumes, Gerold, Vienna 1824/1825.
  • The rage sickness according to previous observations and recent experiences, etc. , Hartleben, Pest 1837.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Complete list and other honors from Christoph Rösler (Ed.): Non-profit papers for instruction and entertainment; as a simultaneous companion of the combined Ofner and Pester Zeitung , 30th year (1840), No. 17, p. 65 ff.
  2. ↑ JDF Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 261 ( digitized version ).


personal data
SURNAME Lenhossék, Mihály Ignác von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lenhossék, Michael von; Lenhossék, Mihály Ignác
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Physiologist, psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Pressburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1840
Place of death Oven (buda)