Urban Bruun Aaskow

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Urban Bruun Aaskow (born April 28, 1742 in Brøndshøi on the island of Zealand in Denmark, † May 31, 1806 ) was a Danish medic.

Life

Born as the son of Hieronymus Larsen Aaskow († 1744) and his wife Anne Marie (née Brunn), he attended school in Herlusholms and began studying medicine at the University of Copenhagen in 1758 . In 1761 he accompanied the astronomer Thomas Bugge (1740-1815) on a trip to Trondheim to observe the passage of Venus at that time . 1767–1769 he was an assistant doctor at the royal Friedrichs Hospital in Copenhagen, and in 1770 he was a doctor on an expedition to Algiers. In 1774 he received his doctorate in medicine, was admiralty doctor and in 1775 personal doctor of Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark .

In 1776 Aaskow became a member of the "Society for Agriculture" and a member of the "Commission for the Promotion of Surgery", in 1779 a member of the management of the Quftsthuset Invalid Institute and in 1782 a member of the management of the Friedrich Hospital and Budget Council. In 1774 he had married Anne Marie (1741-1801), the daughter of the conference councilor JC Kall.

Works

In addition to his doctoral thesis Diarium mediewm navale (1774), Aaaskow had papers in Collect, soc. med. Hafn. and Acta soc. med. Hafn. composed. In addition, his essays Diss. De dysenteria epidemica Hafniae et per Sjellandiam 1766 are grassante ; Diarii medici navalis in expeditione Algeriensi conscripti annus primus (Hafn. 1767) known, as well as a " brief instruction on the use of medicines " with which the Danish navy was equipped.

literature

  • PL Panum : Aaskow, Urban Bruun. In: Biographical lexicon of outstanding physicians of all times and peoples. (BÄL) Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna & Leipzig 1884, Volume 1 Aaskow – Chavasse, p.
  • GW Schrader, Eduard Hering: Biographical-literary lexicon of veterinarians of all times and countries. Ebner & Seubert publishing house. Stuttgart 1863 ( online )
  • Carl Frederik Bricka: Dansk biografisk lexikon - tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814. Gyldendal (F. Hegel & Søn), Copenhagen 1887, p. 20
personal data
SURNAME Aaskow, Urban Bruun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish medic
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Brøndshøi on Zealand , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1806