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Johann Jakob Wepfer (December 23, 1620 – January 26, 1695) was a Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist who was a native of Schaffhausen. He studied medicine in Strasbourg , Basel and Padua , and in 1647 returned to Schaffhausen to practice medicine.
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At Schaffhausen he studied under Johann Jakob Wepfer (1620–1695), who was also his father-in-law. He received his doctorate in 1672 from the University of Strasbourg . [ 2 ] Beginning in 1686 he was a professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Heidelberg . [ 2 ]
Wepfer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Johann Jakob Wepfer (1620–1695), Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist
In 1620, Johann Jakob Wepfer, by studying the brain of a pig, developed the theory that stroke was caused by an interruption of the flow of blood to the brain. [6] [page needed] After that, the focus became how to treat patients with stroke. [citation needed] For most of the last century, people were discouraged from being active after a stroke.
January 26 - Johann Jakob Wepfer, Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist (born 1620) July 8 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician and physicist (born 1629) December 30 – Samuel Morland, English inventor (born 1625)
Johann Jakob Wepfer (1620–1695), a pathologist and pharmacologist; Johann Conrad Peyer (1653–1712), an anatomist; Johann Konrad Ammann (1669–1724), a physician and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons [39] Andrew Schalch (1692–1776), the first gun-founder at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich [40]