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Carl Heinrich Ebermaier

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Carl Ebermaier


Carl Heinrich Ebermaier (4 February 1802, Rheda – 1 January 1870, Düsseldorf) was a German physician and author on medicinal botany. He was the son of pharmacist/physician Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (1768-1825).

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Background

In 1824 he received his medical doctorate in Berlin, afterwards settling into a medical practice in Düsseldorf. During his career he served as a medical adviser and as a privy councilor.

The plant genus Ebermaiera (family Acanthaceae) is named after him. He collaborated with botanist Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck (1787-1837) on the textbook "Handbuch der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen Botanik".

Written works

  • Plantarum papilionacearum : monographiam medicam, 1824
  • Ueber den Schwamm der Schädelknochen und die Schwammartigen Auswüchse der harten Hirnhaut, 1829
  • Erfahrungen und Ansichten über die Erkenntniss und Behandlung des asiatischen Brechdurchfalls, 1832.

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    Carl Heinrich Ebermaier Wikipedia
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