Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1238

CARL WENZEL (1769-1827) Über die Krankheiten am Rückgrathe. Wilhelm Ludwig Wesché 1824 xxiv, 460 pp., 8 fold. plates. 39.5 cm.

Younger brother of Joseph (see No. 1217), Carl also studied medicine at Mainz where he finished his degree in 1791. He left the city during the French occupation of 1792 and relocated in Frankfurt. One of Wenzel's main interests was obstetrics and he served as city obstetrician of Frankfurt from 1824 until his death. Historians credit him with having been the first to use artificial induction in premature labor in 1804. In this work Wenzel presents the anatomy of the vertebral column and the costovertebral joints. Extensive descriptions are given of the individual vertebrae and spinal column in tuberculosis, osteomalacia, abscesses, and other types of inflammatory conditions. Atresia of the canal, the neural foramina, and osteoarthritic degeneration are also discussed.

See Related Record(s): 1217

Cited references: Waller 10214

Gift of John Martin, M.D.