Friedrich Wilhelm Heidenreich

Friedrich Wilhelm Heidenreich (2 September 1798 in Roßtal – 6 December 1857 in Ansbach) was a German physician. He was a brother-in-law to archaeologist Joseph Anselm Feuerbach who married his sister Henriette.

From 1817 to 1821, he studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, obtaining his doctorate with a dissertation titled ''Tubercula in cerebro reperta''. Following graduation, he worked as a physician in the cities of Roth and Nuremberg. From 1824 onward, he maintained a medical practice in Ansbach.

Heidenreich notably took part in the autopsy of Kaspar Hauser, following the latter's mysterious death in December 1833. As a result of his findings, he published the treatise ''Kaspar Hauser's Verwundung, Krankheit und Leichenöffnung'' ("Kaspar Hauser's wounds, illness and autopsy"). Provided by Wikipedia