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Place of Birth: Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
About Emil Osann
- Emil Osann (May 25, 1787 – January 11, 1842) was a German physician and physiologist from Weimar.
- He was a founder of scientific balneology. He was the brother of philologist Friedrich Gotthilf Osann (1794-1858) and chemist Gottfried Osann (1796-1866).He studied medicine in Jena and Göttingen, and later worked an assistant in a Berlin polyclinic founded by his uncle, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762–1836).
- In 1826 he became a full professor of Heilmittellehre (medical instruction), and in 1833 became director of the aforementioned clinic. Osann is remembered for his work on the effects of mineral springs from a physical and medical standpoint.
- Among his writings was a two-volume work on European mineral spas, titled Physikalisch-medicinische Darstellung der bekannten Heilquellen der vorzüglichsten Länder Europas.
- It is considered to be the first comprehensive publication in the field of balneology.
- In 1837 Osann became sole editor of the Journal der praktischen Heilkunde (Journal of Practical Medicine).
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