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Christian Fenger was born in Breininggaard, Breininge Sogn, Denmark. He was one of twelve children born to Kammerraad Hans Fritz Fenger and Frederikke Mathilde Fjelstrup, both representatives of well-to-do farmer families.
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IX. Community for Elders In contrast with a generation ago, the two most distinctive aspects of the Intentional Communities Movement today are: a) the impact of the internet on our ability to find out what’s happening; and b) that so many people over 50 are trying community living for the first time. It used be that first- time community experimentation was almost wholly limited to people in their 20s and 30s. Not any more! That makes the theme of Elders doubly potent today—both because communities tend to last lon- ger now (since it’s so easy to find out what others have learned, many of the common mistakes can be avoided, and younger members inevitably become older members if the group lasts long enough) and because so many join today as seniors or nearly so.When you add in the fact that there’s growing evidence that a sense of community and connection are directly related to longevity and quality of life, it’s no wonder that Communities issues focused on eldering sell out fast. This Community for Elders bundle has 15 articles that explore the options for aging in community and the dynamism of intergenerational living. This Digital Issue on Community for Elders includes: 1. To the Ecovillage: Do Family Dynamics Change When Three Generations Move to the Same Community? by Diana Leafe Christian, #112 2. Graying in Community . . . Can we continue to live in community as we grow older? by Darin Fenger, #132 3. Supporting the Aging Process in Community by Marie H. Schutz, #89 4. Listening to the Wisdom of Our Elders by Elizabeth Younger, #89 5. Growth and Well-Being in a Senior Co-op (including Senior Housing Co-ops, Deborah Altus) by Bevelyn Carpenter, #89 6. Friendship & Shared Living by Margaret Harmon, #89 7. How Will I Live My Elder Years in Community? by Neshama Abraham Paiss, #119 8. It Takes a Community to Grow an Elder by Rebecca Dale, #149 9. Elderhood, In and Out of Community by Dianne Brause, #149 10. Fear of Change in Long-Term Intentional Communities and Ecovillages by Coyote Alberto Ruz, #157 11. Embracing a Terminal Illness by Fred Lanphear, #145 12. Aging in Community by Raines Cohen, #149 13. Elder Cohousing: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (including What Older Cohousers Say about Elder Cohousing, Craig Ragland) by Neshama Abraham and Kate deLaGrange, #132 14. Community and Health: Immigrant Senior Cohousing in the Netherlands by Dorit Fromm and Els de Jong, #145 15. Senior Cohousing: Establishing a Healthy, Sustainable Lifestyle for an Aging Generation by Chuck Durrett, #145
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Christian Fenger was born in Breininggaard, Breininge Sogn, Denmark. He was one of twelve children born to Kammerraad Hans Fritz Fenger and Frederikke Mathilde Fjelstrup, both representatives of well-to-do farmer families.
He attended Herlufsholm school for eight years, graduating in 1859, followed by a year devoted to engineering in the Polyteknisk Lareanstalt in Copenhagen.
In accordance with his father’s wishes he turned to the study of medicine, which he pursued at the University of Copenhagen from 1860 to 1865, interrupted by the war with Prussia in which he served as assistant physician.
In addition to his service in the Schleswig-Holstein War, he was appointed to an international ambulance during the Franco-Prussian War. After passing the examination for the practise of medicine in 1866-67, he served for three years as assistant in clinical pathology to Dr. Vilhelm Meyer. Then followed an interneship of two years in the Royal Frederik’s Hospital, and three years as prosector to the Commune hospital. The latter service furnished Fenger a splendid opportunity for investigation in pathology and morbid anatomy. In this period he wrote several noteworthy articles including one on cancer of the stomach which was his thesis for the degree of doctor of medicine conferred in 1874. In the spring of 1875 Fenger went to Alexandria, Egypt, to take over the practise of his brother, who was also a physician, while the latter was away. On his brother’s return, he was appointed to the office of Médecin du Quartier de Kalifa in Cairo. From 1875 to 1877 he remained here making a special study of the highly prevalent trachoma and bilharziosis, but was compelled, on account of chronic dysentery, to resign and seek a temperate climate. Due to an acquaintance with some American army officers he decided to come to the United States. He arrived in the fall of 1877 and settled in Chicago. In Chicago Fenger immediately attracted attention by his profound knowledge of pathology in autopsies performed at the morgue of the Cook County Hospital. He was appointed chief pathologist of that hospital in 1878 and held that position until 1893. During that time he exercised an influence upon scientific medicine in Chicago greater than any other man of his period. It can be truly said that he introduced real pathology to Chicago. He created a following which developed Senn, Murphy, and the Mayos in surgery, and Hektoen, Le Count, and Wells in pathology. Though his name suggests the surgeon, he was never a brilliant operator. He lacked manual dexterity, but this was compensated for by his unequaled diagnostic skill and knowledge of morbid anatomy. He was appointed curator of Rush Medical College Museum in 1880, professor of surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1884, professor of surgery at Northwestern University in 1893, and professor of surgery at Rush Medical College in 1899. Though he spoke English poorly and with halting words, he was an able teacher. In his surgical clinics he was wont to forget the patient in the earnestness of his discussion of the pathology involved. For twenty years after 1880 he was attending and consulting surgeon at Cook County Hospital. It was upon and through the internes of this hospital that he exerted his most profound influence and it was among them that he developed the following which might well have been called the Fenger school. He was in addition surgeon-inchief of the Passavant Memorial, German, and Lutheran Tabitha hospitals from the time they were organized until his death. At different times he was also attending surgeon at Mercy and Presbyterian hospitals. Stricken with pneumonia in Chicago, his last illness was attended by the élite of the city’s profession, all former students of their beloved professor. He was a prolific writer of journal articles on subjects relating to surgery, pathology and diagnosis. These were republished in 1912 under the joint editorship of Ludwig Hektoen and C. G. Buford as the Collected Works of Christian Fenger.
In Chicago, Fenger helped demonstrate the bacterial origins of endocarditis and developed techniques for cleft palate repair, vaginal hysterectomy, and the relief of ureteral strictures. He also became one of the first surgeons to remove an intramedullary tumor from the spinal cord. He performed thousands of autopsies, and used his knowledge of about twelve languages to keep abreast of medical literature.
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He was married to Caroline Sophie Abildgaard, a native of Denmark.
