Otto Kohlrausch
Otto Ludwig Bernhard Kohlrausch (born March 20, 1811 in Barmen (today a part of Wuppertal ), † November 14, 1854 in Hanover ) was a German doctor . He described the plica transversalis recti (also Kohlrausch fold ), the middle and largest of the rectal folds .
Otto Kohlrausch came from a German family of scholars, which also includes the physicist Friedrich Kohlrausch , the criminal lawyer Eduard Kohlrausch and the sports medicine specialist Wolfgang Kohlrausch .
He first studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn , then medicine at the Georg-August University of Göttingen from 1830 . During his studies in 1832 he became a member of the Germania Bonn fraternity . In 1835 he settled in Hanover as a doctor and made a name for himself as a surgeon . In 1841 he set up a health resort in Bad Rehburg on behalf of the government .
He rose to the position of Royal Court Surgeon and was from 1847 Medical Councilor in the Upper Medical College.
Works
In addition to numerous articles, including in the Göttingische Schehrten advertisements , he wrote several books:
- Physiology and chemistry in their current position (Göttingen 1844)
- On the anatomy and physiology of the pelvic organs (Leipzig 1854)
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , p. 579.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kohlrausch, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kohlrausch, Otto Ludwig Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1854 |
| Place of death | Hanover |