Friedrich Wilhelm Heidenreich (2 September 1798 in

Roßtal Roßtal is a market town in the district of Fürth, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the mos ...

– 6 December 1857 in

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...

) was a German physician. He was a brother-in-law to archaeologist Joseph Anselm Feuerbach who married his sister Henriette. From 1817 to 1821, he studied medicine at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

, obtaining his doctorate with a dissertation titled ''Tubercula in cerebro reperta''. Following graduation, he worked as a physician in the cities of Roth and

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. From 1824 onward, he maintained a medical practice in Ansbach. Heidenreich notably took part in the autopsy of

Kaspar Hauser Kaspar Hauser (30 April 1812 – 17 December 1833) was a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. Hauser's claims, and his subsequent death from a stab wound to his left breast, sparked much debate an ...

, following the latter's mysterious death in December 1833. As a result of his findings, he published the treatise ''Kaspar Hauser's Verwundung, Krankheit und Leichenöffnung'' ("Kaspar Hauser's wounds, illness and autopsy").

Selected works

* ''Orthopaedie; oder, Werth der Mechanik zur Heilung der Verkrümmungen am menschlichen Leibe'', 1827 –

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; value of the mechanism for healing the curvature of the human body. * ''Revision der neuern Ansichten und Behandlung von Croup'', 1841 – Revision of modern views and treatment of croup. * ''Der Kropf; chirurgische Monographie'', 1845 – The

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. a surgical monograph. * ''Vorkehr und Verfahren gegen die Cholera'', 1854 – Precautions and measures against cholera. * ''Elemente der therapeutischen Physik''.1854 – Elements of therapeutic physics.OCLC Classify
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heidenreich, Friedrich Wilhelm 1798 births 1857 deaths University of Würzburg alumni People from Fürth (district) 19th-century German physicians Kaspar Hauser