Carl Weiss

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Carl Weiss

b. 1887

Remembered today for a firsthand account of Vienna’s 1848 October uprising, this 19th-century writer tackled turbulent politics in book form. His surviving work points to a strong interest in law, public affairs, and the struggle over truth in revolutionary times.

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Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Frage »Ist die Furcht vor Krankheitsübertragung durch das Telephon berechtigt«? Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde in der Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshülfe der Hohen Medizinischen Fakultät der Königlichen Universität Greifswald

Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Frage »Ist die Furcht vor Krankheitsübertragung durch das Telephon berechtigt«? Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde in der Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshülfe der Hohen Medizinischen Fakultät der Königlichen Universität Greifswald

by Carl Weiss

About the author

Very little confirmed biographical information was easy to find about this Carl Weiss beyond his authorship. Project Gutenberg lists works by a Carl Weiss, and Google Books identifies him as the author of Die Octobertage Wiens, a historical account of the October Days in Vienna in 1848.

That book presents the upheaval from the standpoint of law and truth, suggesting an author deeply engaged with the political crises of his era. Because the available sources in this search were limited and did not clearly confirm further personal details such as birthplace, profession, or full life dates, it is best to treat him as a little-documented 19th-century author rather than add uncertain claims.

Even so, the survival of his work in major digital libraries gives him a lasting place among writers who tried to record revolutionary events while they were still close to living memory.