Johann Georg Agricola

Johann Georg Agricola (born October 25, 1558 in Amberg , † November 20, 1633 in Regensburg ) was a German medic.

Live and act

Johann Georg was born in Amberg in 1558 as the son of Georg Agricola . Like his father, he also chose the medical profession. In 1582 he was at the University of Heidelberg enrolled and was there on 26 November 1582 bachelor . In 1588 he started studying medicine at the University of Wittenberg and finished it in 1593.

On October 31, 1594, when he returned to his native city, he was elected city ​​physician . There he worked, with interruptions from 1614 to 1621, until 1629. Due to his Lutheran faith, he turned to Regensburg in February 1629 where he worked as a general practitioner. Agricola has become known for its combination of natural history and its medical uses.

Works

• Cervi excoriati et dissecti in medicina usus, This is a short description, which form of deer caught at a certain time to use for the most part in the artzney… . Amberg 1603.
• Cervi cum integri et vivi natura et proprietas tum excoriati et dissecti in medicina usus, That is: Detailed description of the whole living Hirschens, his nature and eyes: Then further, what form of the Hirschens imprisoned at a certain time to use for the most extreme limbs in the doctor ... Amberg 1617; presumed new edition of the aforementioned title
• Useful and detailed report: where the warm and wild baths, especially those on the Schwartzwalde ... originate from . Amberg 1619 (1st edition without author and location 1598).

literature

• Hans Burkard:  Agricola, Johann Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 97 ( digitized version ).
• Victor Carus :  Agricola, Johann Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 148.

Web links

• Publications by and about Johann Georg Agricola in VD 17 .