Senn, Nicholas (31 October 1844–02 January 1908), surgeon and author, was born in Buchs, north-central Switzerland, the son of John Senn and Magdelena (maiden name unknown), farmers. The family came to the United States in 1852 and settled in Ashford, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. In 1864 Senn graduated from Fond du Lac High School. He then taught school for two years while he studied medicine and botany with a local doctor, Emanuel Munk. He grew up fluent in French and German, languages spoken in his home....
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Senn, Nicholas (1844-1908), surgeon and author
William K. Beatty
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Wislizenus, Frederick Adolphus (1810-1889), physician and lay scientist
Mark L. Gardner
Wislizenus, Frederick Adolphus (21 May 1810–22 September 1889), physician and lay scientist, was born in Königsee, in the German state of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the son of a Protestant minister. His parents’ names are unknown. Orphaned at a very early age, he and two older siblings were raised in the home of their mother’s brother and his wife. In 1828 he attended the University of Jena, where he studied medicine. He continued as a medical student at universities at Göttingen and Würzburg. At these universities Wislizenus was very active in the ...
