Nils Rosén from Rosenstein

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Rosén von Rosenstein, painting by Lorenz Pasch the Younger

Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (born February 1, 1706 in Sexdrega , Svenljunga municipality , † July 16, 1773 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish court doctor, professor of medicine, botany and anatomy and rector of Uppsala University . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " N.Rosén ".

biography

Rosén von Rosenstein was born as the son of Vicar Erik Rosenius and Anna Wekander in the historic province of Västergötland . After attending grammar school in Gothenburg , he began studying at Lund University at the age of 14 .

After moving to Uppsala University , he published a medical treatise in 1728 and was appointed deputy to Olof Rudbeck the Younger . In the later years the budding physician traveled to Germany and France, among other places, and received his doctorate in medicine in 1730 with his doctoral thesis Att skriva fallbeskrivningar (How to write case studies ). From 1731 to 1740 he took over Rudbeck's professorship in Uppsala, where he exchanged medicine for anatomy and botany . In 1735 he was appointed personal physician to King Friedrich and in 1739 a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , which was founded in the same year. In 1742 he exchanged the professorship in botany with Carl von Linné , who had previously held a professorship in anatomy and practical medicine. In 1747 he was the rector of the university. In 1757 he was made a Knight of the North Star Order .

Act

Rosén conducted research in the field of variolation against the spreading smallpox disease and is considered the father of Swedish pediatrics with the publication of the textbook Underrättelser om barnsjukdomar och deras botemedel (Communications on childhood diseases and their remedies) in 1764 . In addition to the theory of diseases, his work contained many practical observations on child care and hygiene and quickly spread throughout Europe.

Works

  • Archiater and Ridder Mr. Roses from Rosenstein's couple Hendes Kongl.Svenske Majestets naadigste befaling forfattede Huus- og Reese-Apotheque: trykt i Stockholm hos Carl Gotlieb Ulf 1765 . [Sl]; Kjøbenhavn: Svare, 1768, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-135095

literature

  • A. Wallgren: Rosén von Rosenstein, a short biography . In: Nils Rosén von Rosenstein and his textbook on pediatrics . In: Pediatrics , Vol. 37, No. 5, May 1966, pp. 867-868.
  • Torgny T: son Segerstedt : Nils von Rosenstein: samhällets Bäumenka. Norstedt, Stockholm 1981, ISBN 91-1-813162-X
  • Nils Rosén from Rosenstein . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 369 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ He added the addition of Rosenstein from his ennoblement in 1762
  2. ↑ a b I skuggan av Linné  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Swedish)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ltkronoberg.se  
  3. ↑ Bernadette Anne Desbordes: Linné, Karl von , in: Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann (eds.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the present , 3rd edition 2006 Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, New York pp. 210 + 211. doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Rosenstein, Nils Rosén from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish court doctor, professor of medicine and rector of Uppsala University
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Sexdrega, Svenljunga (municipality) , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1773
Place of death Uppsala