Benjamin Theodor Thierfelder (10 December 1824 – 7 March 1904) was a German internist born in

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. He is remembered for contributions made in research of ''Fieberkurve'' (temperature patterns) involving typhoid fever. In 1848 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Leipzig, where in 1851 he became a member of the medical staff, and an assistant to Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich (1815-1877). In 1855 he was appointed an associate professor at the University of Rostock, where from 1856 to 1901 he served as a full professor ( pathological anatomy until 1866 and internal medicine). In 1860 he was named ''Obermedizinalrat'' and a member of the "Grand Ducal medical commission".Zeno.org
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Franz Volkmar Fritzsche Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (26 January 1806 in Steinbach bei Borna – 17 March 1887) was a German classical philologist. He was the son of theologian Christian Friedrich Fritzsche (1776-1850). He studied under philologist Gottfried Hermann (his ...

(1806-1887), and was the brother of pathologist

Albert Thierfelder Ferdinand Albert Thierfelder (12 December 1842 – 22 January 1908) was a German pathologist born in Meissen. He was the son of city physician () (1799–1867), and was a younger brother to internist Theodor Thierfelder (1824–1904). He stud ...

(1842-1908), who also was a professor at the University of Rostock.

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". 19th-century German physicians People from Meissen 1824 births 1904 deaths Academic staff of the University of Rostock {{Germany-med-bio-stub