Rudolph von Vivenot (son)

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Rudolph Johann Nepomuk Dominik Edler von Vivenot , from 1867 Ritter von Vivenot (born October 5, 1833 in Vienna , † April 7, 1870 ibid) was an Austrian doctor and climatologist .

Life

Vivenot was a son of the doctor of the same name Rudolph Edler von Vivenot and Josefine, born von Metzburg (1810–1838) and the grandson of the Viennese doctor Dominik von Vivenot , who had made a name for himself during the 1830 cholera epidemic. He attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and then went to the University of Vienna to study medicine . There he obtained a master's degree in surgery and one in obstetrics, and in 1856 was awarded a Dr. med. PhD . In Vienna, Vivenot lived at least temporarily in the Gundelhof in the fire site. In 1859 he moved to Palermo for health reasons and began his climatological studies there.

After his return in 1862, Vivenot became a private lecturer in medical climatology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna. In 1868 he finally received a call as an extraordinary professor of climatology at the medical faculty of his university. His research dealt with the influence of air changes on lung function, as well as on blood oxygen saturation and body heat. In addition, hygiene in cities was one of his fields of activity.

Since 1861 he was married to Thekla Englerth (1839-1907). His half-brother was Alfred von Vivenot . Vivenot died unexpectedly of a heart attack on the way to one of his patients.

Honors and memberships (selection)

Vivenot was an Imperial and Royal Truchsess , he became a knight of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle , the Imperial Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus , the Royal Belgian Order of Leopold , the Royal Italian Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus , and the Grand Ducal Hessian Philip -Ordens I. Klasse as well as the Baden Zähringer Lion Order. He was also the recipient of the Great Gold Medal for Science and Art. In 1865 he received the silver medal at the Milan industrial exhibition for the evaporation meter he developed.

Vivenot was Vice President of the Medical Association in Vienna and had honorary memberships of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Acireale , the Association of Baden Doctors for the Promotion of State Pharmacy, the Association for Natural History in Mannheim , the Natural Science Association of the Rhine Palatinate in Dürkheim and the Assemblea di storia patria in Palermo . He was also an honorary member and master of the Free German Hochstift in Frankfurt am Main . On July 1, 1868 he was elected with the academic surname Formey as a member ( matriculation no. 2092 ) of the Imperial Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , as well as the kk Society of Doctors in Vienna and the newly founded Austrian Society for Meteorology in Vienna.

Vivenot also had corresponding memberships in many European countries, for example the Medicinisch-Surgical Society and the Medical-Etiological Association in Berlin, the Societe medicale du canton de Geneve, the Royal Academy of Sciences in Palermo, the Academie des sciences et lettres in Montpellier , the Royal Society of Doctors in Budapest or the Swedish Society of Doctors in Stockholm .

Works (selection)

  • Palermo and its importance as a climatic spa resort, with special consideration of the general climatic conditions in Germany, Italy, Sicily, North Africa and Madeira. Enke, Erlangen 1860 (MDZ Reader) .
  • About the influence of the changed air pressure on the human organism. Schweiger, Vienna 1860 (digitized) .
  • About a new evaporation meter and the observation method to be used when observing evaporation. with 2 plates, reprint from the meeting reports of the mathematical and natural science class of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Gerold, Vienna 1863.
  • About the increase in lung capacity with therapeutic use of compressed air . Georg Reimer, Berlin 1865.
  • Osservazioni meteorologiche sulla temperatura od umidità dell'aria e sulla evaporazione in Palermo. In: La Sizilia. Palermo 1865 (No. 1 and 6).
  • About a peculiar clouding of the sky in Sicily and its relation to the Scirocco. A lecture given on December 2nd, 1865 in the Austrian Society for Meteorology . Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1866 (from the journal of the Austrian Society for Meteorology . Volume 1).
  • Contribution to the knowledge of the climatic evaporation force and its relation to temperature, humidity, air currents and precipitation. Enke, Erlangen 1866 (digitized version) .
  • To know the physiological effects and the therapeutic application of the compressed air. A physiological-therapeutic examination. Enke, Erlangen 1868.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to the history of the family v. Vivenot , Steyrermühl, Vienna 1902, p. 56; according to the entry in the baptismal register 01-112, p. 64, of the parish Vienna-St. Stephan. ÖBL erroneously names October 4, 1833. ADB and BLKÖ erroneously name October 4, 1834.
  2. ↑ Vienna University Schematism ; edited by Anton Phillebois . Schmidbauer, 1796 ( archive.org [accessed November 3, 2018]).
  3. ↑ handwriting on paper. 47 pp. On 25 ll. Folio. Focus of the between Rudolf Rt. Von Vivenot jr. and his wife Thekla Englerth (* 1839) - the co-owner of the Eschweiler mines - signed the mutually agreed obligation to share property. "The same [ds RR v. V. and Thekla Englerth] submit that they intend to marry each other in the near future, for what purpose they considered a public record of the bride's property to be necessary [.]" - With the signatures of some witnesses and paper-covered seal. Item no .: 10186. Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer, Vienna, accessed August 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887. With a look back at the earlier times of its existence . In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, list of members according to the chronological order of their entry from 1860 to December 31, 1887, p. 202 ( archive.org ).
  5. ↑ Member entry of Rudolf Ritter von Vivenot at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Vivenot, Rudolph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vivenot, Rudolph Johann Nepomuk Dominik Edler von (full name); Vivenot, Rudolph Edler von; Vivenot, Rudolph Ritter von; Formey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and climatologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1870
Place of death Vienna