21 Facts About Magnus Huss

Magnus Huss was a Swedish physician and professor, knighted with his name retained.

Magnus Huss is known for coining the term alcoholism in 1849, which he used to refer to the pathological changes in the body due to long-term alcohol intoxication.

Magnus Huss has been described the "forefather of Swedish internal medicine" and the "founder of clinical education in [Sweden]".

Magnus Huss was the son of vicar Johan Huss and Catharina Magdalena Hellzen.

Magnus Huss became a student in Uppsala in 1824, received his bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1829, master's in philosophy in 1830, bachelor's in medicine in 1832, licentiate degree in medicine in 1834, master's in surgery in 1835 and doctor of medicine the same year.

The year before, Magnus Huss had already been appointed assistant physician at the Serafimerlasarettet in Stockholm and became assistant professor of medicine and surgery at the Karolinska Institute in 1835.

In 1840, Magnus Huss was appointed senior physician at the Serafimerlasarettet and temporary professor, and in 1846 tenured professor at the Karolinska Institute.

Magnus Huss resigned from his position as chairman of the Board of Health in 1864, but remained general director of the hospitals until 1876.

Magnus Huss gained his greatest scientific fame from the 1854 Montyon Prize awarded by the French Academy of Sciences for, in which the pathological changes in the body caused by chronic alcohol intoxication were first listed as a separate form of disease.

Magnus Huss described alcoholism as follows in his 1849 work, Alcoholismus chronicus:.

The observation of chronic alcoholism led Magnus Huss to fight against drinking with all his conviction.

Magnus Huss's work played a large role in the passage of the 1855 law banning home distilling.

Magnus Huss's 1887 was to be posted in the classrooms of public schools and folk schools, according to a royal decree of 10 February 1888.

Magnus Huss was energetically active in the reorganization of the Allmanna Barnhuset in Stockholm, the establishment of children's nurseries and improved legislation concerning the care of the mentally ill.

Magnus Huss took the initiative for Sweden's first children's nursery, Kungsholmen barnkrubba, inspired by similar establishments in Paris.

Magnus Huss was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala and of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund.

Excerpts from Magnus Huss's surviving manuscript were published in 1891 under the title.

Magnus Huss was knighted in 1857 with his name retained and was introduced in 1858 at the House of Nobility under number 2327.

Magnus Huss married baroness Christina Maria Charlotta Bergenstrahle in 1857.

Magnus Huss was the nephew of Magnus Huss, known as.

Magnus Huss died in Stockholm in 1890 and is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen.