Theodor Weber (physician)

Theodor Weber ( born August 28, 1829 in Leipzig, † September 4, 1914 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German physician.

Life

A native of a widely ramified family of scholars Weber - his father, Ernst Heinrich Weber was an anatomist and university professor - studied at the Universities of Göttingen and Leipzig medicine. In the winter of 1850/51 he became a member of the Leipzig University singers shaft to St. Pauli. In 1854 he earned his doctorate at the University of Leipzig with a thesis De causis streptiuum in vasis sanguiferis observatum to the doctor of medicine. After that, he was employed as a teaching assistant at Jacob's Hospital in Leipzig. In 1855 he completed his habilitation at the University of Leipzig for the Internal Medicine and in 1858 director of the medical clinic in Leipzig. In 1859 he received the title of associate professor. 1861 Weber was appointed full professor of pathology and therapy at the University of Halle. At the same time he was so head of the university clinic and doctor of the poor of the city hall.

He proved himself in 1866 when occurring cholera epidemic and 1870/1871 as the responsible physician for the hospitals in the city, for which he was made ​​an honorary citizen in Halle in 1904. After 1871, Weber was instrumental in the planning of the teaching hospitals at the present Magdeburg road. In 1890 he handed over the hospital management to Joseph von Mering, in 1904 Weber was relieved of teaching duties. In addition to his organizational duties, Weber dealt mainly with the application of physical principles to medicine, such as in research of blood circulation. He received the Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Star, the Prussian Crown Order 2nd Class with star. The ducal family Anhalt appointed him Commander First Class of the House Order of Albert the Bear.