Gottfried William Becker (* 22 February 1778 in Leipzig; "† 17 January 1854 in Leipzig), also Godefroy Becker, Guillaume Boulanger or "„*r "“was a physician and popular-scientific writer.

Personal record

Over its career/development little is well-known. it wrote its thesis to 1801 over the topic De nisu formativo and was from now on a practical physician in Leipzig.

Becker belonged to the group of the medical people reconnaissance aircraft 18. and 19. Century they followed the general tendency verwurzelten in the clearing-up for popularization in the sciences and in the medicine, with which the reconnaissance aircraft wanted to terminate the social exclusivity of the knowledge. Because of the abundance that of it publish works can one it Polygraphen call. Further representatives of its guild were for example Philipp Heineken or Johann Friedrich Ernst Albrecht.

On the basis the books of non-medical contents written by Becker it shows itself that he had direct portion of the war happening in and/or with Leipzig (battle of Leipzig 1813) and as a field physician was probably used. Beckers work painting of Leipzig and its environment of 1823 gives general information about the Leipzig to early 19. Century. Beside historical data the reader experiences over the topography generally. Leipzig situation, climate, Luftbeschaffenheit and weather, soil and product the same, river etc. Becker describe road, public building and facility the city and supply statistic data over the inhabitant Leipzig (number, birth and mortality rate, wedding).

Beckers wife (born 1777) already died 1813, one of the two sons (geb. 1803 and 1804) 1815 at the age of 12 years.

1828 took place a "“punishment from Dr. Gottfried William Becker because of bad Ausbietens of medicaments"”.

Becker died on 17 January 1854 in Leipzig and bequeathed its house, Neukirchhof 26, the municipality as Dr. Becker blind donation.

Publications

Its extensive popular-scientific work covers among other things

1802:

• Populaire people customer in each regard
• New house and travel pharmacy
• Preventing and healing of the Onanie
• The monthly cleaning
• New investigations on the vitality of organisirter bodies

1803:

• Well-being-meant Rath to beforable girls, again married wives, pregnant woman and
• The safest means to free itself from cramps to
• Good Rath to my friends, the Hypochondristen
• Cold and cough

1804:

• Katechismus of the relieving art
• The
• The family physician
• The crowd laughter fever
• Instruction for pregnant woman and
• Charge and Rheumatismus
• The Rathgeber forwards, with and after the Beischlafe
• Library the people medicine customer

1805:

• Instruction to receive the health of the eyes (the first edition published Becker between 1800 and 1805 under the alias Guillaume Boulanger)
• The break patient

1806:

• The art to keep beautiful and young
• How can parents facilitate a teething for the
• The field and Wundarzt in times of peace and war

1807:

• Over Pollutionen
• The diseases of the children
• The white river
• The female bosom
• A few words to break patient

1808:

• Maintenance of the patient
• Good Rath for shrink-addicted and Auszehrende
• Recepte and kinds of cure of the best physicians of all times
• Over the teeth

1809:

• Noth and for break patient
• The secrets of the female sex

as well as

• The headache (1810),
• The Rathgeber with all venerischen diseases (1812)
• Good Rath for pigeon and (1815)
• Manual the war medicine customer (1816)
• Short guidance, as one remain healthy"… can (1817)
• Medicini house requirement for women and girls (1822)

Works of non-medical contents were

• Philaleth over nature, world and human lives (1807)
• Andreas Hofer and the liberty fight in Tyrol (1809)
• Of Leipzig fright scenes in September and October 1813 (1813)
• Over the past influence of England on Europe and which has Europe from it to to hope or be (1814)
• Friedrich August of the fair one fifty-year old government (1818)
• New Albertus Magnus or auserlesene established economic technological feats (1822)
• Painting of Leipzig and its environment for foreigner and native one out of special consideration for the battles with the city (1823)
• Napoleon (1838)
• History of the emperor Napoleon for the youth works on (1846)

In addition numerous translations came from the French and English as well as several essays into hoof country journal of the medicine and other magazines.

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