Felix von Niemeyer (December 31, 1820 - March 14, 1871) was a German internist born in Magdeburg. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Internal medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis management and nonsurgical treatment of unusual or serious diseases Magdeburg ( Low Saxon: Meideborg ˈmaˑɪdebɔɐx the Capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany He studied medicine at the University of Halle and in 1844 became a physician in Magdeburg. The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg also referred to as MLU, is a public University in the cities of Later, he was a professor of internal medicine at the University of Greifswald, (1855} and at the University of Tübingen (1860). The University of Greifswald (full name Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald is located in Greifswald, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen ( German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, sometimes called the "Eberhardina Carolina" is a public university During the Franco-Prussian War he was a medical consultant. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871
Niemeyer is mainly remembered for his written works; especially the book Handbuch der praktischen Medizin (Handbook of Practical Medicine) which was a very popular medical book in Germany. He is also known for espousing a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that was in essence a modification of the popular "Banting diet", (a diet endorsed by William Banting (1796-1878), an English carpenter). Low-carbohydrate diets or low-carb diets are dietary programs that restrict Carbohydrate consumption usually for Weight control or for the treatment of William Banting (1797 – 16 March 1878) was an Obese English Undertaker who may have been one of the first people to reduce his
Partial Bibliography:
- Die asiatische Cholera, ein primär-örtliches Leiden der Darmschleimhaut, in: Die medicinische Reform. Eine Wochenschrift 1, Nr. 19, 1848, 134-138
- Die symptomatische Behandlung der Cholera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Bedeutung des Darmleidens, 1849
- Klinische Mittheilungen aus dem Städtischen Krankenhause zu Magdeburg, 1855
- Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Physiologie und pathologische Anatomie, 1858
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