Background
He was the grandson of theologian August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828).
physician university professor
He was the grandson of theologian August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828).
He studied medicine at the University of Halle and in 1844 started work as a physician in Magdeburg.
Later, he was a professor of internal medicine at the University of Greifswald (from 1855), and at the University of Tübingen (from 1860). During the Franco-Prussian War, he served as a medical consultant. Niemeyer is largely remembered for his written works, in particular, the Lehrbuch der speziellen Pathologie, a textbook that was published in eleven editions up until 1884, and was translated into seven languages.
He is also known for espousing a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that was in essence a modification of the popular "Banting diet", a regimen endorsed by William Banting (1796–1878), an English undertaker.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
In 1865 he became a consulting physician to King Charles I of Württemberg, and in 1870, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.