Friedrich von Wendt

Friedrich von Wendt (28 September 1738 – 24 September 1818) was a German physician.

Friedrich von Wendt
Born	(1738-09-28)28 September 1738 Sorau, Holy Roman Empire
Died	24 September 1818(1818-09-24) (aged 79) Erlangen, Kingdom of Prussia
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg University of Halle
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Born in Sorau, von Wendt studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Göttingen, earning his doctorate at the latter institution in 1762. Following graduation he successively worked as a physician in the town of Genthin, served as a Stadtphysicus in Pless (Upper Silesia) and was a personal physician to the Prince of Anhalt. In 1778 he was appointed professor of medicine at the University of Erlangen, where he founded a clinical institute later the same year.^[1]

In 1808–09 he published the journal Annalen des Klinischen Instituts auf der Akademie zu Erlangen.^[2] From 1811 to 1818 he was president of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.^[3]

Von Wendt died in Erlangen in 1818.

Selected published works

• "Historia tracheotomiae nuperrime administratae", 1774.
• "De febribus remittentibus semestris hiberni ann. MDCCXCV-XCVI commentatio", 1796.
• "Formvlae Medicamentorvm in Institvto Clinico Erlangensi Vsitatorum", 1807.^[4]