Paul Niemeyer (doctor)
Johann Paul Otto Niemeyer (born March 9, 1832 in Magdeburg , † February 24, 1890 in Berlin ) was a German medic .
Life
Niemeyer was the son of the Magdeburg district physicist Carl Eduard Niemeyer (1792–1837) and grandson of the theologian August Hermann Niemeyer . He attended grammar school in Erlangen and passed his Abitur there in 1849. He then went to the University of Halle , where he began studying medicine. In 1851 he moved to the University of Erlangen before 1854 at the University of Berlin with the dissertation De mandible ancylosi novaque ejus curatione operativa for Dr. med. received his doctorate . Niemeyer then went to the Old Town Hospital in Magdeburg as an assistant to his brother Felix Niemeyer and passed the state examination in 1856. He then worked as a hospital, poor, trade and railway doctor in Neustadt-Magdeburg and from 1859 as a doctor in Magdeburg, where he devoted himself to physical diagnostics and electrotherapy . During this time he was already drawing attention to himself with educational health prophylactic lectures.
Niemeyer was accepted as a lecturer at the University of Leipzig in 1875 . His habilitation followed in 1876 and then he taught as a private lecturer , particularly on the subject of hygiene. He also worked with educational lectures. Shortly thereafter, in 1878, he decided against an academic career and became head of the Association for Popular Health Care in Berlin. In 1881 he founded the Berlin Hygienic Association . During his time in Berlin he was the editor of the journals Medical Consultation Hours from 1878 to 1888 and Hygieia from 1888.
The poet Karl Immermann was his brother-in-law.
Works (selection)
- Manual of theoretical and clinical percussion and auscultation , 3 volumes, Enke, Erlangen 1868–1971.
- Outline of the percussion and auscultation: together with an index of all domestic and foreign artistic expressions , Enke, Erlangen 1871.
- Medicinal treatises , 3 volumes, Enke, Erlangen 1872–1875.
- Bent back, flat chests, flat feet: their causes, treatment and prevention. A counselor for everyone , Denicke, Berlin around 1875.
- Health theory of the human body , Oldenbourg, Munich 1876.
- The lung. Your care and treatment in a healthy and sick state developed from the hygienic point of view , Weber, Leipzig 1876.
- The Sunday rest from the point of view of health science: Crowned price publication , Denicke, Berlin 1876.
- Medical advisor for mothers , Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1876.
literature
- Julius Pagel : Niemeyer, Paul . In: Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1901, column 1209 .
- Julius Pagel: Niemeyer, Paul . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 629.
Web links
- Niemeyer, Johann Paul Otto in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon . Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- Paul Niemeyer in the German Digital Library
- Overview of the courses of Paul Niemeyer (physician) at the University of Leipzig
Individual evidence
- ^ Niemeyer, Carl Eduard in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon . Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ^ Ingrid Kästner: Niemeyer, Felix v .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 234 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niemeyer, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niemeyer, Johann Paul Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1890 |
| Place of death | Berlin |