Rudolf Wiedemann (physician)

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Christian Rudolf Wilhelm Wiedemann (born November 7, 1770 in Braunschweig , † December 21, 1840 in Kiel ) was a German obstetrician , scientist and university teacher . Research on the two-winged , hymenoptera, and beetles made him known as an entomologist .

Life

Wiedemann's father Conrad Eberhard Wiedemann (1722–1804) was an art dealer . His mother was Dorothea Frederike geb. Raspe (1741–1804), a banker's daughter who was interested in art .

After completing his school education in Braunschweig , he enrolled at the University of Jena for medicine in 1790 . There he was a contemporary of the poet Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis) and one of the many students of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach . He traveled Saxony and Bohemia and his doctorate in 1792 for Dr. med. He indulged his interest in mineralogy on a study trip.

During a 14-month trip to the south of England , he learned that the Collegium Carolinum Braunschweig had appointed him professor at the Institute of Anatomy and Surgery . His inaugural lecture in October 1794 dealt with the missing sternum of a boy in South Wales .

On March 28, 1796, Wiedemann married Luise Michaelis , a daughter of the Göttingen orientalist Johann David Michaelis, in Braunschweig .

Obstetrician

In 1804 he followed the call of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel as full professor for obstetrics. On May 1, 1805, he was able to enter the first delivery in the journal of the institution that had just opened. Rising birth rates only led to a restriction in the capacity of the birthing house and just a year later to the fact that Wiedemann had to lease another building complex in Haßstrasse in the old town (Kiel) . Here, too, the limits of capacity were quickly reached. However, it was not until 1809 that the Crown of Denmark approved the purchase and conversion. In October 1810 the birth house in the Fleethörn was ready to move into. The increasing popularity made another expansion necessary in 1826. During these years, Wiedemann put a large part of his energies into improving the conditions in the birthing center and in the midwifery school. However, this did not prevent him from passing on his experience as a midwifery teacher. His teaching and textbooks attest to this. Wiedemann enjoyed an excellent reputation as an obstetrician, which was also based on his rejection of unnatural delivery methods and his open-mindedness towards caesarean sections . Wiedemann goes down in history as an outstanding midwifery teacher and founder of the Kiel women's clinic. By examining the French and English views, he showed the way for German obstetrics.

In 1809/10, 1820/21, 1824/25 and 1825/26 he was rector of the University of Kiel.

entomologist

His preoccupation with insects is less well known. He was particularly fond of the non-European two-winged aircraft. Wiedemann created fundamental principles in this area. To this day, various two-winged birds are associated with his name. Numerous scientific publications and books in this field are also enduring testimonies.

Works

His medical publications such as the Handbuch der Anatomie, a book about vaccination against cow leafs, the care of gunshot wounds and the instructions for rescuing the drowned, suffocated and hung , prove that he was interested in many things . His publications in the field of mineralogy, translations of English-language literature and his musical skills also bear witness.

Dwindling strength and the consequences of a stroke made him seek the help of his foster son and student Gustav Adolf Michaelis more and more .

Honors

In 1797 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and in 1823 a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertatio inauguralis sistens vitia gennus humanum debilitantia
  2. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM) on historical-kommission-muenchen-edUNGEN.de
  3. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 258.
  4. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
personal data
SURNAME Wiedemann, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiedemann, Christian Rudolf Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German obstetrician, scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1840
Place of death Kiel