Wilhelm Hennemann

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Wilhelm Hennemann

Wilhelm Hennemann (born October 7, 1786 in Schwerin ; † July 18, 1843 there ) was a German physician.

Life

Wilhelm Hennemann was a son of the Schwerin postal director Christian Ulrich Ludwig Hennemann and his wife Hedwig Katharina Charlotte Wachenhusen, daughter of the chamber director Johann Georg Wachenhusen. After attending the Schwerin Cathedral School , he studied medicine from 1805 to 1808, initially at the University of Halle and from Easter 1807 at the University of Göttingen . After receiving his doctorate in Göttingen on October 1, 1808, and a scientific trip through southern Germany, he settled as a doctor in Schwerin. He ran an extensive private practice and was at the same time a doctor at the municipal poor institution.

In 1815 he was appointed court medic, in 1825 he was given the title of senior medical officer. He made particular contributions during the cholera epidemic of 1831/32. From 1838 he was the personal physician of Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . In 1840 he was appointed to the Secret Medical Council. He was a real and corresponding member of several medical societies and from 1835 a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Antiquity . He was a co-founder and collaborator of the Freimütigen Abendblatt .

Wilhelm Hennemann married on July 6, 1814 Elise Henriette Pauli (1790-1844), the youngest daughter of the Privy Council Legation Heinrich Matthias Pauli, Grand Duchy of Schwerin shear d'affaires in Hamburg .

Wilhelm Hennemann, equipped with a comprehensive general and medical education, turned to all branches of medicine. He was considered a skilful surgeon who mastered the surgical subcutaneous operations that were emerging at the time . He was always interested in the progress of his science.

"[...] his fine, practical tact, his confident personality, his kindness towards patients and colleagues made him not only the most popular and busiest doctor in Schwerin, but also a very happy one."

- Biographical lexicon

Hennemann Foundation

Wilhelm Hennemann owned an extensive private library with around 7,000 volumes, including more than 2,800 volumes on medicine and natural history, as well as a rich collection of surgical instruments. The works included numerous anatomical atlases and colored herbal books from the 16th century as well as a high proportion of gynecological literature such as midwifery training works.

After Hennemann's death, his widow gave the order that the medical library and the instruments should be available to Schwerin's doctors. In addition, she bequeathed the collection to the Grand Ducal Government Library. After the widow's death in 1844, a legacy of 2000 thalers was added. The collection and the legacy, the interest of which should serve to maintain and expand the book inventory, laid the foundation of the Hennemann Foundation .

The foundation was housed in the government library and managed together with representatives of the Schwerin doctors. One of the representatives of the medical profession was the chief medical officer August Blanck as a librarian. The writings were cataloged, divided into 15 subject groups and made available to the doctors, together with the instruments and other anatomical objects on display. For this purpose, Friedrich Lisch, on the orders of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, created a directory and administrative and user regulations.

The finances of the Hennemann Foundation resulted in sufficient funds to maintain the collection over the years and to expand it so that by 1900 the volume had grown to 11,000 works. During the inflation period of the 1920s, capital was lost. The instrument collection was transferred to the state museum in the 1930s. The book collection was managed independently in the state library until 1964.

Fonts (selection)

  • De corneae morbis. Dissertation, Röwer, Göttingen 1810
  • Contributions by Mecklenburg doctors to medicine and surgery. 2 volumes, 1830/31
  • Weekly releases from the latest independent writings and other negotiations on Asian cholera. Stiller, Rostock 1832
  • Blackboard for an easier overview of the most tried and tested regulations and aids against cholera. Schwerin 1832
  • Comparative overview of all living conditions of the male members of the Grand Ducal Houses of Mecklenburg from VIII. To XX. Gender sequence. Stiller, Rostock 1835
  • Through a series of subcutaneous operations. Stiller, Rostock 1843

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b August Hirsch (Ed.): Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume 3, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna and Leipzig 1886, p. 155.
  2. ↑ See Grete Grewoll's literature: Who was who ...
  3. ↑ a b c d See web links: Cultural values ​​MV
  4. ↑ See literature Bernhard Fabian (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Historische Buchbestände… .
  5. ^ Friedrich Franz II., Friedrich Lisch: Directory of the books and instruments of the Hennemann Foundation belonging to the grand ducal government library in Schwerin: together with the most highly confirmed regulations for the administration and use of the foundation. Bärensprungsche Hofbuchdruckerei, Schwerin 1845
personal data
SURNAME Hennemann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1843
Place of death Schwerin