Benjamin Theodor Thierfelder (10 December 1824 – 7 March 1904) was a German internist born in Meissen. He is remembered for contributions made in research of ''Fieberkurve'' (temperature patterns) involving

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. In 1848 he earned his medical doctorate from the

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, where in 1851 he became a member of the medical staff, and an assistant to

Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich (4 August 1815, Sulz am Neckar – 25 September 1877, Leipzig) was a German physician, pioneer psychiatrist, and medical professor. He is known for his measurement of mean normal human body temperature of 37&nbs ...

(1815-1877). In 1855 he was appointed an associate professor at the

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, where from 1856 to 1901 he served as a full professor (

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until 1866 and internal medicine). In 1860 he was named ''Obermedizinalrat'' and a member of the "Grand Ducal medical commission".Zeno.org
Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon He was son-in-law to

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Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (1806-1887), and was the brother of

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Albert Thierfelder (1842-1908), who also was a professor at the

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* "Parts of this article are based on a translation of the equivalent article at the German Wikipedia". 19th-century German physicians People from Meissen 1824 births 1904 deaths Academic staff of the University of Rostock {{Germany-med-bio-stub