Friedrich von Wendt

Friedrich von Wendt (28 September 1738, Sorau – 24 September 1818, Erlangen) was a German physician.

He studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Göttingen, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1762. Following graduation he successively worked as a physician in the town of Genthin, served as a Stadtphysicus in Pless (Upper Silesia) and was a personal physician to the Prince of Anhalt. In 1778 he was appointed professor of medicine at the University of Erlangen, where he founded a clinical institute later the same year.[1]

In 1808–09 he published the journal "Annalen des Klinischen Instituts auf der Akademie zu Erlangen".[2] From 1811 to 1818 he was president of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.[3]

Selected published works

References

  1. ADB: Wendt, Friedrich von @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. WorldCat Title Annalen des Klinischen Instituts auf der Akademie zu Erlangen
  3. Leopoldina Roster
  4. Google Search publications
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