Karl Ignatius Lorinser (1796–1853)

German physician. Born in Bohemia. MD, Berlin, 1817. Worked at the veterinary school, Berlin, from 1818. Assistant in the magnetic (Mesmeric) clinic of Professor Wolfart. Second counsel to the medical college, Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), 1822. Government and medical adviser in Coeslin (now Koszalin, Poland), 1824; Oppeln (now Opole, Poland), 1826. Director of the school of midwifery, Oppeln, 1835. Retired in 1850. Published on human and animal health.