Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (12 September 1746,

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– 25 October 1800,

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) was a German physician and

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. He was the son of physician Johann Christoph Pohl (1706–1780). From 1763 to 1769, he studied medicine at the

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, receiving his doctorate in 1772. Afterwards, he embarked on an extended study trip to

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, Paris,

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and the Netherlands. In 1773, he became an associate professor of botany at Leipzig, where he later served as a professor of

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(1789–96) and therapy (1796–1800).Prof. Dr. med. Johann Ehrenfried Pohl
Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig In 1774, he became a member of the Römisch-Kaiserlichen Akademie der Naturforscher, and, in 1788, was named a personal physician to royalty in Dresden. The moss genus ''

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'' was named in his honor by

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Published works

* ''Animadversiones in structuram ac figuram foliorum in plantis'', 1771. * ''De sensibus morborum causism'', 1772 (with

Anton Wilhelm Plaz Anton Wilhelm Plaz (1 January 1708, Leipzig – 26 February 1784, Leipzig) was a German physician and botanist. From 1723 he studied medicine at the universities of Leipzig and Halle, receiving his doctorate at the latter institution in 1728. ...

, respondent Johann Ehrenfried Pohl). * ''De soli differentia in cultura plantarum attendenda'', 1773. * ''De varice interno morborum quorundam caussa'', 1785. * ''De medico exorcistam'', 1788 (respondent Johann Gottfried Jancke). * ''Programma qua de analogia inter morbillos et tussim convulsivam'', 1789.Most widely held works by Johann Ehrenfried Pohl
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pohl, Johann Ehrenfried 1746 births 1800 deaths Physicians from Leipzig Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University 18th-century German botanists 18th-century German physicians