Otto Thilenius

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Otto Thilenius (born August 6, 1843 in Höchst am Main , † December 15, 1927 in Bad Soden am Taunus ) was a German spa doctor and balneologist .

Life

Otto Thilenius was a son of the Bad Soden spa doctor and senior medical adviser Dr. Otto Heinrich Thilenius (1800–1867) and his wife Adeline Johanna Henriette Helene nee Haas (1816–1892) the daughter of the entrepreneur Johann Daniel Haas . The grandfather Moritz Gerhard Thilenius founded the dynasty of bath doctors. Otto Thilenius jun. studied medicine at the universities of Heidelberg and Göttingen . In Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Suevia and in Göttingen near Hannovera . After passing the medical state examination in 1869, he perfected his training first in Vienna , Munich and Berlin . During the Franco-Prussian War he served as a military doctor in the headquarters of the 3rd Army and took part in the establishment of the German Empire on January 18, 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors of Versailles Palace . As a PhD Dr. med. In 1872 he settled as a spa doctor in Bad Soden and thus continued the development work of his father and his older brother Georg . Otto Thilenius was both Waldeckscher and Prussian secret medical councilor. He worked on the board of the Balneological Society and became its honorary member, as well as the Central Office for Balneology. As an editor, he was responsible for the scientific part of the “ Baths Almanac ” published by Rudolf Mosse for many years . Together with his brother Georg and the other Soden spa doctors, Drs Haupt, Stöltzing, Köhler and Fresenius, he built the first Soden inhalatorium in 1884 , which was replaced by a larger new building in 1912.

His son Otto G. Thilenius (1885–1950) also became a doctor and balneologist in Bad Soden.

literature

  • Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia zu Heidelberg, 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 593
  • Heinrich Ferdinand Curschmann : Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera zu Göttingen, Volume 1: 1809-1899 Göttingen 2002, p. 213, No. 692

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 70 , 381; 121 , 642.
personal data
SURNAME Thilenius, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German spa doctor and balneologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Maximum
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1927
Place of death Bad Soden am Taunus