Paul Niemeyer (9 March 1832 – 24 February 1890) was a German physician and

hygienist Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ...

, born in

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and a half brother of internist

Felix von Niemeyer Felix von Niemeyer (31 December 1820 – 14 March 1871) was a German internist born in Magdeburg. He was the grandson of theologian August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828). Biography He studied medicine at the University of Halle and in 1844 st ...

.Niemeyer, Johann Paul Otto, Dr. med.
Magdeburger Biografisches Lexikon In 1849–51 he studied medicine at the

University of Halle Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

, where his influences were physiologist

Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1 July 1801, Leipzig – 21 April 1877, Halle an der Saale) was a German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher. He specialized in the study of the nervous and optic systems. Biography Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann was bo ...

and chemist

Richard Felix Marchand Richard Felix Marchand (August 25, 1813, Berlin – August 2, 1850, Halle an der Saale) was a German chemist. His son was the physician Felix Jacob Marchand (1846–1928). In 1840, Marchand was appointed professor at the University of Berlin. In 1 ...

. In 1854 Niemeyer received his doctorate at

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with the thesis ''De mandible ancylosi novaque ejus curatione operativa''. Afterwards, he worked as an assistant at the Altstädtische Krankenhaus in Magdeburg. In 1875, he obtained his habilitation at the

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, and later on, published and lived as a practising physician in Berlin.Niemayer, Paul
Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte In addition to purely scientific works and textbooks, such as the ''Handbuch der Theoretische und Klinische percussion und Auscultation'' (1868–71) and ''Medicinische Abhandlungen'' (three volumes, 1872–75), he published a variety of popular medical writings. In 1878 he published a German translation of

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during t ...

's '' Notes on nursing : what it is, and what it is not'' as ''Rathgeber für Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege''.Rathgeber für Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
OCLC WorldCat Niemeyer died in Berlin. Niemeyer gedenkstein

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WorlcCat Identities. 19th-century German physicians 1832 births 1890 deaths University of Halle alumni Physicians from Magdeburg Hygienists {{Germany-med-bio-stub