Moritz Schreber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moritz Schreber

German physician

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1808

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Nov-1861

Profession: physician, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber (15 October 1808 – 10 November 1861) was a German physician and university teacher at the University of Leipzig.
In 1844, he became director of the Leipzig Heilanstalt (sanatorium).
His publications predominantly dealt with the subject of children's health and the social consequences of urbanization at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Die Eigenthümlichkeiten des kindlichen Organismus im gesunden und kranken Zustande (1839), literally: "Peculiarities of the child's organism in health and illness" Der Hausfreund als Erzieher und Führer zu Familienglück und Menschenveredelung (1861), "The friend of the family as an educator and leader to family happiness and human refinement" Die ärztliche Zimmergymnastik (1855), "Medical indoor gymnastics", his best selling piece of work