Article Nº 1755 Physician or health professional Vol. II · p. 224
Heineken (Dr Carlos)
Original title: Heineken (Dr. Carlos)
Carl Heineken was a physician who lived in Funchal for nine years, recommended its climate for lung diseases and made valuable weather observations; he died there in 1830.
An English physician who lived in Funchal for 9 years and died here on 4 January 1830. In an article published in vol. XII (1824) of the Medical Repository, and in another piece that appeared in the Rambles in Madeira, he recommends the climate of Funchal for the treatment of lung diseases.
During his residence on the island he made many meteorological observations, which are of great value for the knowledge of our climatology.
People mentioned
- Carlos Heineken d. 1830
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