Moritz Hofmann

Mauritius Hoffmann. From: Martin Friedrich Seidel's picture collection. Berlin 1751

Wife Anna Margareta

Moritz Hofmann also: Hoffmann (born September 20, 1621 in Fürstenwalde , † April 20, 1698 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ) was a German medic .

Life

Moritz Hofmann was the son of Mayor David Hofmann and his wife Anna Nößler, daughter of the Berlin court preacher Martin Nößler (1554–1608). After the death of his parents he was brought up by his uncle Georg Nößler in Altdorf and studied medicine here and in Padua . According to his own statement, as a student in Padua in 1641 he discovered the duct of the pancreas ( ductus pancreaticus ) when dissecting a turkey and communicated this to his teacher Johann Georg Wirsung , who then found it in humans. Since Hofmann never published his discovery, most medical historians believe that Wirsung was the first to describe the pancreatic duct.

In 1648 Hofmann became professor of medicine in Altdorf and in 1653 also of botany. In 1655 he held the first public anatomy in Altdorf. In addition to building the anatomical theater, Moritz Hofmann founded a chemical laboratory in Altdorf.

In 1649 he married Anna Margaretha Saturday (1627–1663). The son Johann Moritz (1653-1727) also became professor of anatomy, chemistry and botany in Altdorf.

Works

Florae Altdorffinae deliciae hortenses sive catalogus plantarum horti medici quibus auctior erat MDCLX. Altdorffii: G. Hagen, 1660. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Florae Altdorffinae Deliciae sylvestres sive Catalogus Plantarum in Agro Altdorffino Locisque vicinis sponte nascentium: cum synonymis Auctorum, Designatione Locorum, atq. Mensium, quibus vigent, Lapidumq. ac Fungorum observatorum Historia. Altdorffi: G. Hagen, 1662. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

literature

A. Hirsch : Hofmann, Moritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 637.
Heinz Röhrich: Hof (f) mann, Moritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 460 ( digitized version ).
Ralf Bröer: Moritz Hofmann , in: Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann (eds.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the present , 3rd edition 2006, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, New York p. 175., doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .

Web links

Commons : Moritz Hoffmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Consortium of European Research Libraries : Moritz Hofmann list of works

Individual evidence

↑ John Malone Howard, Walter Hess: History of the Pancreas: Mysteries of a Hidden Organ. Springer, New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-306-46742-4 , pp. 17-18.
↑ Ralf Bröer: Moritz Hofmann , in: Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann (eds.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the present , 3rd edition 2006, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, New York p. 175. Ärztelexikon 2006 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hofmann, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hoffmann, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medic
DATE OF BIRTH	September 20, 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fürstenwalde
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 1698
Place of death	Altdorf near Nuremberg

[1] John Malone Howard, Walter Hess: History of the Pancreas: Mysteries of a Hidden Organ. Springer, New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-306-46742-4 , pp. 17-18.

[2] Ralf Bröer: Moritz Hofmann , in: Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann (eds.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the present , 3rd edition 2006, Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, New York p. 175. Ärztelexikon 2006 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .