Karl Gottlob Kühn [SEP] occupation
Karl Gottlob Kühn
Karl Gottlob Kühn (12 July 1754 in Spergau – 19 June 1840 in Leipzig) was a German physician and medical historian.
He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, earning his doctorate in 1783 with the dissertation thesis "De forcibus obstetriciis nuper inventis". In 1785 he became an associate professor at Leipzig, where he later served as a full professor of therapy (from 1802) and physics and pathology (from 1820). On three separate occasions he served as university rector (1805/06,
Commentatio de oleorum unguinosorum natura, etc"; 1785
- Translation: "Versuch einer Naturgeschichte von Chili: Mit einer Landcharte"; 1786, by Johann Ignatz Molina
- "Bemerkungen auf einer Reise durch die Pfälzischen und Zweybrückschen Quecksilber-Bergwerke"; 1788, with Franz Cölestin von Beroldingen
- "Anleitung zum Gebrauche des Driburger Bades und Brunnens nebst einer kurzen Beschreibung der dortigen Anlagen und Gegend"; 1792
- "Chirurgische und physiologische Versuche"; 1795, with John Abernethy and Karl Gottlob Kühn
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