Israel Hwasser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Israel Hwasser

Swedish medical doctor and professor

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1790

Place of Birth: Älvkarleby congregation, Uppsala County, Sweden

Date of Death: 11-May-1860

Profession: physician, philosopher

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Israel Hwasser

  • Israel Hwasser (17 September 1790 in Älvkarleby - 11 May 1860 in Uppsala) was a Swedish medical doctor and professor, who became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1854.Hwasser was the son of the vicar in Älvkarleby parish, Lars Adolph Hwasser, and Margareta Catharina Djurman.
  • He grew up in the vicarage, receiving his schooling at home.
  • When he was 14 years old he took the finishing exam, studentexamen, in Uppsala, and went on to study medicine there.
  • In 1813 he finished his studies and defended his dissertation to become a Doctor of Medicine.
  • The subject of his dissertation was the treatment of fevers with cold water.Hwasser joined the Swedish troops as a military doctor in the War of the Sixth Coalition (part of the Napoleonic Wars) in 1813-14.
  • He served in Germany and Norway.
  • After his return to Sweden, he pursued further studies in surgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
  • In 1817, at the age of 26, he was appointed Professor of medicine in Turku.
  • While he was there, he gradually changed his view of medicine, beginning to believe that humans caused their own illness, while healing was a divine force.In 1827, the Great Fire of Turku led to the move of the faculty of medicine, together with the rest of the Royal Academy of Turku, to Helsinki.
  • Hwasser moved, too, but he only remained in Helsinki until 1830, when he applied for a professorship in Uppsala.
  • He returned to Uppsala in order to fight against plans to locate all medical education in Sweden at the Karolinska Institute.
  • He would continue his vocal criticism of Karolinska for 30 years, something that made him somewhat controversial.Hwasser was a well-liked teacher of medicine among students and other teachers, and the number of medical students increased during his years as professor.
  • His theories about the philosophical underpinnings of medicine were however less popular.
  • He was also outspoken about his views on public morality and decency, and in his last years he expressed deep admiration for Tsar Nicholas I as the defender of Christendom against liberalism, socialism and godlessness.Hwasser was a member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
  • In 1854 he was made a member of the Swedish Academy.
  • While a member of the latter institution he wrote various texts on literary criticism, mainly focusing on public morality. He married Anna Charlotta Wadsberg in 1817.
  • She died in 1853.He resigned his professorship in 1855, at the age of 65, but continued teaching until his death in 1860.
  • He is buried at Uppsala old cemetery.

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