Burkhard David Mauchart

Burkhard David Mauchart (1746), painting by Wolfgang Dietrich Majer in the professors' gallery in Tübingen

Burkhard David Mauchart (also Burcard, Burkhart, Burchard David Mauchart , born April 19, 1696 in Marbach am Neckar , † April 11, 1751 in Tübingen ) was a doctor from Württemberg .

Live and act

Burkhard David Mauchart was the son of the Marbach physicist Johann David Mauchart , the son-in-law of the physicians Johannes Burckard Mögling and Johann Gottfried Zeller . He was a father-in-law of Gottfried Daniel Hoffmann and uncle of Burkhard Friedrich Mauchart .

He learned (minor) surgery from his father and went to the University of Tübingen in 1712 . After his introductory studies, he studied medicine from 1715 to 1717. He then stayed in Altdorf from 1718 to 1719 , in Strasbourg in 1720 and in Paris from 1720 to 1721 . In 1721 he returned to Württemberg. In the years 1715-1721 he led a stud book , which documents his childhood acquaintances. In 1722 he married Beate Mögling (1694–1722), who died shortly afterwards without children. He received his Lic. Med. In Tübingen in 1722. doctorate and became court medicus in Stuttgart. There he married Anna Maria, widowed arrow (1699–1773), with whom he had seven children. In 1725 he got a position as associate professor through the mediation of Johann Gottfried Zeller.

Due to the lack of consent from the Faculty Council, he continued to live in Stuttgart despite the formal appointment by the Duke in 1726 and did not fulfill his teaching duties from there until 1728. He was promoted to Dr. med. doctorate and was appointed royal councilor and body medic in 1731. On November 12, 1734, Burchard David Mauchart, nicknamed Plistonicus II (his father was nicknamed Plistonicus I ), was accepted into the Leopoldina as a member ( matriculation no. 444 ) . After Johann Zeller's death he was appointed as his successor, but he continued to live in Stuttgart and usually did not give any lectures until 1735. B. Duke Karl Alexander during a campaign on the Upper Rhine, where Württemberg troops were deployed as part of the War of the Polish Succession. In 1735 he moved to Tübingen and fulfilled his teaching duties. From November 1735 to May 1736, from November 1742 to May 1743 and again from November 1749 to May 1750 he was rector of the University of Tübingen .

He taught anatomy , physiology , pathology and surgery , and was particularly interested in ophthalmology. He not only thoroughly researched and measured the eye anatomically, but was also a respected ophthalmologist. He used the growing collection of wet and dry specimens at the University of Tübingen for his lessons, which at that time already existed in addition to the collection of deformities. He died of a severe asthma attack.

His successor in Tübingen was Daniel Hoffmann , father of his son-in-law.

literature

Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia . Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 503 ( digitized version ).
Ernst Gurlt : Mauchart, Burchard David . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 687.
Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence . Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 213 ( digitized version ).
Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887. With a look back at the earlier times of its existence . Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig: Halle 1889; Supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 157.
Walter Ulmer: Burkhard David Mauchart, Christian Ludwig Moegling, Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger and their work in teaching and research in the field of forensic medicine in Tübingen . Dissertation, University of Tübingen 1980.

Web links

Commons : Burkhard David Mauchart - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Klaus D. Mörike: History of the Tübingen anatomy . Franz Steiner Verlag, 1988, p. 30.
↑ The family book that u. a. contains an entry by Johann Glocker from August 3, 1716, is in the possession of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar (call number Stb45). - "In eternal friendship". Studbooks from Weimar and Tübingen , ed. by Nicole Domka, Eva Raffel, Volker Schäfer, Karlheinz Wiegmann. Tübingen: Stadtmuseum Tübingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-910090-92-7 . (= Tübinger catalogs, 83), p. 94. See also: Karlheinz Goldmann: Nürnberger and Altdorfer family books from four centuries. A catalog . Nuremberg 1981 (= contributions to the history and culture of the city of Nuremberg), No. 1040.
^ Member entry by Burchard David Mauchart at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 5, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Mauchart, Burkhard David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mauchart, Burchard David; Mauchart, Burcard David; Mauchart, Burcardus David; Plistonicus II .; Mauchart, Burchard David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and university professor in Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marbach am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH	April 11, 1751
Place of death	Tübingen

[GTA-1] Klaus D. Mörike: History of the Tübingen anatomy . Franz Steiner Verlag, 1988, p. 30.

[2] The family book that u. a. contains an entry by Johann Glocker from August 3, 1716, is in the possession of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar (call number Stb45). - "In eternal friendship". Studbooks from Weimar and Tübingen , ed. by Nicole Domka, Eva Raffel, Volker Schäfer, Karlheinz Wiegmann. Tübingen: Stadtmuseum Tübingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-910090-92-7 . (= Tübinger catalogs, 83), p. 94. See also: Karlheinz Goldmann: Nürnberger and Altdorfer family books from four centuries. A catalog . Nuremberg 1981 (= contributions to the history and culture of the city of Nuremberg), No. 1040.

[3] Member entry by Burchard David Mauchart at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 5, 2015.