Residence Jena Institutions University of Jena Name Georg Hamberger Died July 22, 1755 Doctoral advisor Johann Adolph Wedel | Nationality German Alma mater University of Jena Role Author Education University of Jena | |
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Doctoral students Christoph Andreas Mangold Known for Physiology of respiration Fields Medicine, Physiology, Botany Notable students Christoph Mangold, Johann Andreas Segner | ||
Georg Erhard Hamberger (21 December 1697 – 22 July 1755) was a German professor of medicine, surgery, and botany.
Hamberger was born in Jena, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Jena in 1721. He studied the physiology of respiration, especial with respect to breathing. He authored a textbook on physiology, covering the thorax muscles, intercostal muscles, and pleural sac. He also studied the reaction of camphor and nitric acid. His writings included the study of gravitation and the ascension of gases.
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