Traugott Wilhelm Gustav Benedict
Traugott Wilhelm Gustav Benedict (born July 9, 1785 in Torgau , † May 11, 1862 in Breslau ) was a German doctor and university professor . He is one of the early ophthalmologists .
father
He was the son of the Torgau Rector of the Lyceum Friedrich Traugott Benedict (born July 3, 1759 in Annaberg; † October 25, 1833 there). He had studied at the University of Leipzig, had acquired the academic degree of a master's degree and then worked as a private lecturer. In 1783 he was rector of the Torgau Lyceum and in 1814 rector of the Lyceum in Annaberg. As a philologist, he had made a name for himself through his numerous classic editions.
Life
Son Benedict began studying at the University of Leipzig in 1802 , where he acquired the academic degree of a baccalaureus . In 1808 he continued his studies at the University of Vienna . After Leipzig returned doctorate he in 1809 to Dr. med.
He then worked as a general practitioner in Chemnitz . In 1812 he went to the newly founded Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . He worked in a department where typhus broke out. Sixteen doctors became infected, Benedict was the only one who survived. Professor of surgery since 1813 and director of the surgical and ophthalmological institute in 1815. For the academic year 1842/43 he was elected rector of the university. He died at the age of 77. He was buried in the Great Cemetery in Wroclaw.
Works
- Attempt a history of shipping and trade of the ancients . Leipzig 1806
- Ideas for the foundation of a rational healing method of Hundswuth . Leipzig 1808
- History of scarlet fever, with reference to the recently proposed use of laxatives in it . Leipzig 1810
- A few words about amputation in war hospitals . Wroclaw 1814
- Remarks on the diseases of the mammary and axillary glands . Wroclaw 1821
- From diseases of the retina and vitreous humor, and some chronic defects of the entire eyeball. In addition to an ophthalmic literature and a register of the entire work . Leipzig 1825
- Handbook of practical ophthalmology , 5 vols. Leipzig 1822–1825
literature
- August Rothmund: Benedict, Traugott Wilhelm Gustav . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 325 f.
- Benedict, Traugott Wilhelm Gustav. In: Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide (= AMF series of publications, No. 237). Working Group for Central German Family Research , Leipzig 2014, p. 11.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: De morbis humoris vitrei in oculo humano
- ↑ Topic of the Rector's speech (HKM)
General surgery: Traugott Wilhelm Gustav Benedict (1814–1856) | Albrecht Theodor Middeldorpf (1856–1868) | Hermann Fischer (1869–1890) | Johann von Mikulicz (1890–1905) | Carl Garrè (1905–1907) | Hermann Küttner (1907–1932) | Karl Heinrich Bauer (1932–1943) | Hans Killian (1943–1945) | Wiktor Bross | Stefan Koczorowski | Bogdan Łazarkiewicz
Cardiac surgery: Wiktor Bross (1946–1973) | Anatol Kustrzycki (1973–1987) | Tadeusz Bross (1987-1997) | Roman Krupacz (1997-2001) | Wojciech Kustrzycki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benedict, Traugott Wilhelm Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1862 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |