Theodor Leisering

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August Gottlob Theodor Leisenring (* 10. December 1820 in Jacobshagen in Pomerania in Pomerania ; † 20th August 1892 in Dresden ) was a German veterinarian .

Leisering, the son of a surgeon , studied veterinary medicine in Berlin from 1839 and passed the first-class license to practice medicine in 1843 and the state examination required for veterinarians in 1844. He then worked as a district veterinarian for the districts of Usedom and Wollin, but this position did not quite fill him. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Jena in 1845, he became an inspector at the Berlin Zoological Garden . From 1852 he was a tutor and from 1855 lecturer at the veterinary school in Berlin. From 1857 he taught as a professor of theoretical veterinary medicine at the Dresden Veterinary School, which later became the Dresden University of Veterinary Medicine . In 1865 he was accepted into the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . From 1872 Leisering was co-editor of the manual of the comparative anatomy of domestic mammals by Ernst Gurlt .

Works (selection)

  • Atlas of the anatomy of the horse and other domestic animals , 2 volumes, 1861/1866, 3rd edition: 1899; English translation: 2 volumes, 1906/1908, 2nd English edition: 1909.
  • The horse's foot in consideration of construction, activities and shoeing (with H. Moritz Hartmann), 1861, 14th edition: 1933; Italian translation: 1885, 2nd Italian edition: 1895; English translation: 1898.

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personal data
SURNAME Leisering, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leisering, August Gottlob Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German veterinarian
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacobshagen , Saatzig district, Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1892
Place of death Dresden