The Collected Works of Christian Fenger, M. D., 1840-1902, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Collected Works of Christian Fenger, M. D. 1840 1902, Vol. 1
I was born at Breininggaard, Breininge Sogn in Ringkj ping Amt, November 3, 1840. My father, Kammerraad Hans Fritz Fenger, was the owner of Breininggaard, and was there married to my mother, Frederikke Mathilde Fjelstrup, daughter of Etatsraad Fjelstrup, the owner of Sindinggaard in Holstebro Amt. In 1848 my father moved to Nordgaarden near Ringsted. In 1851 I entered Herlufsholm school, where I graduated in 1859 with marks of the second grade.
Love of the natural sciences led me to begin at the Polyteknisk Lareanstalt with the object of passing the examination for civil engineer, but after one year I yielded to my father's wishes and commenced to study medicine, and in the winter of 1860-61 I passed the "examen philosophicum" with the grade of "Laud." In 1863 I passed the first medical examination with good marks (anatomy, zoology, chemistry, botany). During my studies I earned part of my expenses by teaching in Melchior's High School, and later by giving instruction to medical students in anatomy and by coaching students of dentistry for their examinations. My father had twelve children, and struggled hard in order to give nearly all of the seven sons an opportunity to study. In 1864 I served as assistant physician at Augustenborg Lazareth, under Studsgaard, physician-in-chief, whom I always think of with admiration and friendship. A few years previously my father had bought a large farm (Augustenborg Ladegaard) and my home became a pleasant gathering place for many Danish officers until the unfortunate crossing of Als drove our army on to Fyen, where I was assistant physician for a battery at Assens. After the war was ended I continued the study of medicine, passed the examination for the practice of medicine in1866-67 with the grade of "Laud."
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