Julius August Christian Uffelmann (31 January 1837 – 17 February 1894) was a German physician and

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born in

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. He studied medicine at the

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, where he was a student of

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(1809–1885), Karl Ewald Hasse (1810–1902) and Wilhelm Baum (1799–1883). Following graduation (1861) he worked as an assistant in the surgical clinic in Rostock, later practicing medicine in the cities of Neustadt and

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. In 1876 he received his habilitation in

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and

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at the

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, where in 1879 he became an associate professor. From 1883 until his death in 1894, he was director of the institute of hygiene at

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. In 1893 he became an honorary professor. He was editor of ''Jahresberichte über die Fortschritte und Leistungen auf dem Gebiete der Hygiene'', a supplement to the ''Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für öffentliche Gesundheitspflege'' (German Quarterly Journal of Public Health Care). In 1890 he became a member of the ''Grossherzogliche Medizinalkommission''. In addition to his written works involving contemporary medical issues, he was also the author of books with "

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" themes — such as: the development of

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and of health care in

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Selected writings

* ''Darstellung des auf dem Gebiete der öffentlichen Gesundheitspflege bis jetzt Geleisteten'', (1878) * ''Die öffentliche Gesundheitspflege im alten Rom'' (1880), -- Health care in

. * ''Handbuch der privaten und öffentlichen Hygiene des Kindes'' (1881) -- Handbook of private and public hygiene involving children. * ''Handbuch der Hygiene''.

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, (1889). * ''Hygienische Topographie der Stadt Rostock''. Rostock, (1889). -- Hygienic topography of the city of Rostock.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uffelmann, Julius Academic staff of the University of Rostock 1894 deaths 1837 births German public health doctors People from Rotenburg (district) German medical historians University of Göttingen alumni