Samuel Lehmann
Samuel Lehmann (born January 19, 1808 in Langnau im Emmental , † December 31, 1896 in Bern ) was a Swiss politician and chief medical officer in the army .
Lehmann completed his studies in human medicine at the University of Bern in 1830. In addition to civilian medical activities, he served as a division doctor in the Sonderbund War in 1848 . As a politician, he was a member of the Grand Council in the canton of Bern from 1846 to 1850, and a member of the government from 1854 to 1862 as head of the medical and educational system. During his term of office, the “lunatic asylum” Waldau was founded , today the psychiatric clinic of the University Psychiatric Services Bern (UPD), and the University of Bern was reorganized. In the parliamentary elections in 1857 he was elected to the National Council, of which he was a member until 1872. He was also chief medical officer in the army and signed, among other things, the first Geneva Convention on August 22, 1864, “on the alleviation of the lot of military personnel wounded in the field service” .
Lehmann, who was formerly also the chief doctor of the outer hospital near Bern, was Heinrich Zschokke's role model for the doctor "Fridolin Walter" in his story Die Brandweinpest (1837).
Web links
- Peter Stettler: Lehmann, Samuel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehmann, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and senior medical officer in the army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langnau in the Emmental |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1896 |
| Place of death | Bern |