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Dietrich Georg von Kieser (24 August 1779 – 11 October 1862) was a German
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Dietrich Georg von Kieser (24 August 1779 – 11 October 1862) was a German physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
born in Harburg.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River.
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and Göttingen
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, receiving his doctorate from the latter institution in 1804. For most of his career he was a professor at the University of Jena
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The un ...
, where from 1824 to 1862 he served as a "full professor".ADB:Kieser, Dietrich Georg vonIn:
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...
(ADB). Band 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, S. 726–730.
He was an advocate of balneology
Balneotherapy ( la, balneum "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic eff ...
, and beginning in 1813 was a physician at the therapeutic spas at Heilbad Berka/Ilm. While working as a professor at the University of Jena, Kieser operated a private ophthalmology
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...
clinic from 1831 to 1847, and from 1847 until 1858 he was director of the mental hospital in Jena.Kieser, Dietrich Georg vonIn:
Neue Deutsche Biographie
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With Adam von Eschenmayer and Christian Friedrich Nasse, he published the 12-volume ''Archiv für den thierischen Magnetismus'' ("Archive for animal magnetism
Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, was a protoscientific theory developed by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century in relation to what he claimed to be an invisible natural force (''Lebensmagnetismus'') possessed by all livi ...
"). Kieser was politically active throughout his career; in October 1817 with philosophers Lorenz Oken
Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 – 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist.
Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss (german: Okenfuß) in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenburg), Ortenau, Baden, and studied natural history and ...
and Jakob Friedrich Fries
Jakob Friedrich Fries (; 23 August 1773 – 10 August 1843) was a German post-KantianTerry Pinkard, ''German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism'', Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 199–212. philosopher and mathematician.
Biograp ...
, he partook in the historic Wartburg Festival. In 1858 he was named president of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
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. He died in Jena
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.
A magnesium sulfate
Magnesium sulfate or magnesium sulphate (in English-speaking countries other than the US) is a chemical compound, a salt with the formula , consisting of magnesium cations (20.19% by mass) and sulfate anions . It is a white crystalline solid, ...
mineral known as kieserite
Kieserite, or magnesium sulfate monohydrate, is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula (MgSO4·H2O).
It has a vitreous luster and it is colorless, grayish-white or yellowish. Its hardness is 3.5 and crystallizes in the monoclinic crysta ...
is named after him.Mindat.org
Written works
* ''Archiv für den thierischen Magnetismus'' (Archive foranimal magnetism
Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, was a protoscientific theory developed by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century in relation to what he claimed to be an invisible natural force (''Lebensmagnetismus'') possessed by all livi ...
); (1817 ff).
* ''Elemente der Physiatrik'' (Elements of the physiatric); (1855).
:::This was the first textbook illustrated with photographs.
* ''Grundzüge der Anatomie der Pflanzen'' (General outline of plant anatomy
Plant anatomy or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal structure of plants. Originally it included plant morphology, the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, but since the mid-20th century plant ...
); (1815).
* ''Grundzüge der Pathologie und Therapie des Menschen'' (General outline of pathology and therapy of humans); (1812).
* ''Über die Emancipation des Verbrechers im Kerker'' (On the emancipation of the criminal in prison); (1845).
* ''Von den Leidenschaften und Affecten'' (1848).
References
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