!!!Hofmann, Eduard von

b. Prague (Czech Republic), Jan. 27, 1837, 
d. Opatija (Croatia), Aug. 27, 1897, physician; 1869 professor, 1873 
dean at the University of Innsbruck, 1875 professor in Vienna, 1888 
president of the highest medical council; developed forensic medicine 
as a science in its own right, extended it by introducing modern 
microscopy and animal experiments; rendered great services to public 
health care.

!Publication
Lehrbuch der gerichtl. Medizin, 1878 (%%sup 11/%1927).

!Literature
OeBL; NDB.



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