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Johann Gottfried Von Berger
Johann Gottfried von Berger (November 11, 1659 – October 2, 1736) was a German physician and writer on physiology who was an early follower of the iatromechanical explanation of human organ functioning. Berger was born in Halle an der Saale and was educated at Jena (1682) and Leipzig. He became a professor of medicine at the University of Wittenberg and a court physician to King August of Poland. His brother was also a physician. Berger wrote a textbook (1702) and his writings showed a leaning to iatromechanical theories and Cartesian ideas while opposing older ideas of Galenic humorism and the animism Animism (from Latin: ' meaning 'breath, Soul, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct Spirituality, spiritual essence. Potentially, animism perceives all things—Animal, animals, Plant, plants, Ro ... of theorists such as Georg Ernst Stahl. Berger was said to have been influenced by the work of Gjuro Armen Baglivi an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle An Der Saale
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the fifth most populous city in the area of former East Germany after ( East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, as well as the 31st largest city of Germany, and with around 239,000 inhabitants, it is slightly more populous than the state capital of Magdeburg. Together with Leipzig, the largest city of Saxony, Halle forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle conurbation. Between the two cities, in Schkeuditz, lies Leipzig/Halle International Airport. The Leipzig-Halle conurbation is at the heart of the larger Central German Metropolitan Region. Halle lies in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Leipzig Bay, the southernmost part of the North German Plain, on the River Saale (a tributary of the Elbe), which is the third long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
