Wilhelm Rudolf Weitenweber
Wilhelm Rudolf Weitenweber (born October 1, 1804 in Prague ; † April 1, 1870 there ) was a Bohemian medical historian and doctor.
Life
Weitenweber studied medicine in Prague and Vienna and received his doctorate in Vienna in 1830 (dissertation: Synopsis nosologica febrium et phlegmatiarum juxta Swediauri Ἰατριϰὴν disposita ). After that he was a doctor in Elbogen for three years before settling down as a doctor in Prague.
He published on the history of medicine, especially from Prague, and in 1837 founded the journal Contributions to the Entire Natural and Medical Science , which appeared in five volumes until 1840 and then continued in 1841/42 as New Articles on Medicine and Surgery . He was also a co-founder of the science journal Lotos .
For several years he was a historiographer at the Medical Faculty in Prague.
Many biographies come from him in the negotiations of the royal Bohemian society and he also published about the history of the Leopoldina , about coffee and Marsilius Ficinus . Among other things, he published a biography of the doctor Johann Theobald Held .
Honors
In 1837 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .
Works
- Arabic coffee, described in terms of natural history, diet and medicine, Prague 1835; 2nd edition 1837 digital copy of the Bavarian State Library
- The medical institutions of Prague described according to their present conditions, Prague 1845
- Announcements about the plague in Prague in the years 1713-14, 1852 digital copy of the Bavarian State Library
- About the work of Marsilius Ficinus: de vita studiosorum, 1851
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Weitenweber, Wilhelm Rudolf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 54th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1886, pp. 193–197 ( digitized version ).
- Julius Pagel : Weitenweber, Wilhelm Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 622 f.
References and comments
- ^ Member entry by Wilhelm Rudolph Weitenweber at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 1, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weitenweber, Wilhelm Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian medical historian and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1870 |
| Place of death | Prague |