Carl Heinrich Ebermaier
Appearance
Carl Heinrich Ebermaier (4 February 1802, in Rheda – 1 January 1870,[1] in Düsseldorf) was a German physician and author on medicinal botany. He was the son of pharmacist/physician Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (1768-1825).
Background
[edit]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.[2]
The plant genus Ebermaiera (family Acanthaceae) is named after him.[3] He collaborated with botanist Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck (1787-1837) on the textbook "Handbuch der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen Botanik".
Written works
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ Google Books Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales: publié sous ..., Volume 66
- ^ Google Books The Names of Plants by David Gledhill
- ^ International Plant Names Index. C.H.Eberm.