Christian Lange (doctor)

Christian Lange d. J. (* May 9, 1619 in Lucka near Altenburg; † March 14 or March 24, 1662 in Leipzig ) was the son of the Leipzig theologian Christian Lange the Elder. Ä. and the daughter of the Pegau superintendent Johann Feller, Katharina. During his studies in Wittenberg around 1637 he met August Hauptmann from Dresden , with whom he remained on friendly terms throughout his life. After completing his medical studies at the University of Leipzig, he made a major scientific trip to Italy, France, England and the Netherlands, then returned to Leipzig, where he obtained his doctorate in 1644. Soon after receiving his doctorate, he was appointed professor of physiology, later anatomy and surgery, and finally pathology and practical medicine. One of his greatest achievements was the publication of the plague by the polymath Athanasius Kircher .

In 1654 he married Anna Maria Macasius, the daughter of the Zwickau doctor and Löwen pharmacist Paul Macasius .

He died of an injury caused by rioting soldiers from the Leipzig garrison.

His epitaph from the University Church of St. Pauli Leipzig , which was blown up in 1968, has been on display in the newly built Paulinum auditorium and University Church of St. Pauli Leipzig since 2017 .

Works

Tractatus de Thermis Carolinis.
Christiani Langii, Phil. & Med. D. ... Pathologia Animata, seu Animadversiones in Pathologiam Spagiricam Clarissimi Viri Petri Johannis Fabri: Quibus morbos omnes ex genuinis suis causis, animata potissimum putredine, & verioribus hinc etiam curandi Principiis, inaudita hactenus methodo explicat . Opus diu desideratum post obitum demum Autoris Editum, Oehrlingius, 1688, contributors: Pierre Jean Fabre, Johannes Centurio Macasius (a relative of Lange's wife).

literature

August Hirsch : Lange, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 622 f.
Michael Ulrich Brysch: August Hauptmann (1607–1674). On the life, work and impact of a Dresden medical alchemist. Centaurus, Herbolzheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-86226-108-6 .
News about the Macasius (Macasy) pharmacist family from Wolkenstein .

Individual evidence

↑ Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen (ed.): Ade Welt I am now out of it. Memorial inscriptions on tombstones and epitaphs of the St. Pauli University Church in Leipzig. Edit v. Rainer Kößling and Doreen Zerbe. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2011 (= contributions to the history of universities and science in Leipzig, Series A, Vol. 7), pp. 213-218.

personal data
SURNAME	Lange, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lange, Christian d. J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medic
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1619
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lucka near Altenburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 14, 1662 or March 24, 1662
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen (ed.): Ade Welt I am now out of it. Memorial inscriptions on tombstones and epitaphs of the St. Pauli University Church in Leipzig. Edit v. Rainer Kößling and Doreen Zerbe. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2011 (= contributions to the history of universities and science in Leipzig, Series A, Vol. 7), pp. 213-218.