Karl Gottfried Erdmann (31 March 1774 – 13 January 1835) was a German physician and

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. He was the father of chemist

Otto Linné Erdmann Otto Linné Erdmann (11 April 1804 – 9 October 1869) was a German chemist. He was the son of Karl Gottfried Erdmann Karl Gottfried Erdmann (31 March 1774 – 13 January 1835) was a German physician and botanist. He was the father of chemis ...

(1804–1869). Erdmann was born in

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. In 1798 he received his medical doctorate from the

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with the dissertation "''De nexu theoriam et praxin medicam intercedente''". In 1799 he became a licensed physician in Dresden, and up until 1824 he held the position of sanitation assessor. He is credited for introducing vaccinations for smallpox in Dresden in 1801.Medicinisches Schriftsteller-Lexicon der jetzt lebenden Aerzte ..., Volume 6
by Adolph Carl Peter Callisen He died in

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, aged 60.

Selected works

* ''Sammlung und Beschreibung von Giftpflanzen, die in Sachsen wild wachsen'', 1797 (=

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) – Collection and description of poisonous plants growing wild in Saxony. * ''Merkwürdige Gewächse der obersächsischen Flora nebst Bemerkungen über ihren Nutzen in der Oekonomie, Technologie und Arzneikunde'', 1797-1801 (=

) * ''Gewächse der Obersächsischen Flora'', 1800 – On flora of

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. * ''Übersicht der theoretischen und practischen Botanik nach ihrem ganzen Umfange'', 1802 – Tabular overview of theoretical and practical botany. * ''Aufsätze und Beobachtungen aus allen Theilen der Arzneiwissenschaft'', 1802 – Essays and observations from all parts of medical science.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erdmann, Karl Gottfried 1774 births 1835 deaths Scientists from Wittenberg University of Wittenberg alumni 19th-century German physicians 19th-century German botanists