Christian Friedrich Ludwig
Christian Friedrich Ludwig was a German physician and naturalist. He was the son of botanist Christian Gottlieb Ludwig.
He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, where in 1779 he obtained his habilitation. In 1780/81 he took a study trip to southern Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and England. Afterwards in Leipzig, he became an associate professor of medicine and natural history. In 1796 he was named a full professor of pathology, and he later attained professorships in therapy and materia medica and surgery. On two separate occasions he served as rector at the University of Leipzig.Selected works
- Primae lineae anatomiae pathologicae, Leipzig 1785.
- Scriptores neurologici minores selecti, 1791
- Historiae insitionis variolarum humanarum et vaccinarum comparatio, 16 parts, Leipzig 1803-1823.
- Handbuch der Mineralogie nach A.G. Werner, 1803 - Handbook of mineralogy according to Abraham Gottlob Werner.
- Einleitung in die Bücherkunde der praktischen Medizin, Leipzig 1806 - Introduction to scientific practical medicine.
- De artis obstetriciae in academia et civitate Lipsiensi incrementis, Leipzig 1811.
- De nosogenia in vasculis minimis, 5 volumes, Leipzig 1809-1819.
