Otto Rapmund
Otto Rapmund (born April 16, 1845 in Zörbig ; † March 21, 1930 in Lippspringe ) was a German medical officer and hygienist.
Life
Rapmund was born as the son of the cantor and teacher at the boys' school, later chief preacher Friedrich Heinrich Ferdinand Rapmund, and his wife Carolin Emilie nee. Old man born. From 1857 to 1864 he attended the Latin secondary school of the Francke Foundations .
Studies and military service
From 1864 to 1869 he studied medicine in Halle (Saale) . In 1865 he became a member of the Corps Teutonia Halle. Under the influence of Theodor Weber doctorate Rapmund on June 13, 1868 Dr. med. On February 24, 1869 he was approved . His disputation and dissertation (on injuries to racket gauges ) were the first to be held and written in German in Halle. After joining the Guard Field Artillery Regiment as a one-year volunteer in 1869 and extending it for a year, he went to Erfurt in 1870 as an assistant doctor . In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 he served in the 12th field hospital of the IV Army Corps . After the end of the war he came to Neu-Breisach , still in military service, and took his leave in October 1871.
Medical officer
In the same year he established himself as a general practitioner in Rahden, East Westphalia . After passing the physics examination, he was initially acting there, and on June 4th he was a permanent district surgeon . With the oath of office on July 7, 1875, he became a Prussian state official. On June 26, 1876, he was transferred to Nienburg (Weser) as a district physician , where he met his wife and at the same time managed the Bollmann Hospital for ten years. Noticed by his organizational skills, Rapmund was appointed government and medical councilor in Aurich on March 18, 1886 , where he worked for four years. On March 21, 1890 he was transferred to Minden .
On April 4, 1898, he was appointed to the Privy Medical Council and was awarded the title of professor in 1908 (on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Prussian Medical Officials Association) . On December 31, 1913, he was released from civil service.
meaning
Rapmund was pioneering in many areas of medical administration and anticipated later legal provisions. In 1892 he issued a directive against the spread of infectious diseases. She demanded, among other things, the obligation to notify, listing and disinfection. It was not until August 25, 1905, that Prussia put its ideas into law.
He devoted himself to school health care and was the first to point out to district doctors the importance of health care activities. After all, he was anxious to promote the position and economic position of medical officials.
He recognized the need to set up special sanctuaries to combat tuberculosis . To this end, in 1899 he founded the Minden District Health Center , which planned the construction of a large lung healing center in Bad Lippspringe . Rapmund succeeded in winning the Empress Auguste Viktoria as patron. In 1901 the Auguste-Viktoria-Stift was opened as a lung sanatorium for 120 people. Until his retirement he only worked on a voluntary basis for the sponsoring association, after which Rapmund devoted himself entirely to the task and moved to Bad Lippspringe with his wife in 1920. According to his wishes, he was buried in the park of the sanatorium with the permission of Minden's district president Paul Hagemeister . A memorial was erected there in his honor, which is still maintained today.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rapmund, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and hygienist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zörbig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1930 |
| Place of death | Bad Lippspringe |