Eucharius Rösslin the Younger

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Title page of the first edition Kreutterbůch von All Erdtgewächs ... from 1533
Double page from the Latin edition of "Pregnant Women"

Eucharius Rösslin the Younger , also Eucharius Rhodion or Eucharius Rößlin († 1554 in Frankfurt am Main ), was a German doctor .

Life

Eucharius Rösslin the Younger is the son of Eucharius Rösslin the Elder and was his father's successor in the office of Frankfurt City Doctor. Rösslin the Younger had studied at the universities of Freiburg (1511), Cologne (1516) and Leipzig (1518). He translated his father's popular book on midwives, The Pregnant Frawen and Midwives Rosengarten, into Latin. The 1632 edition became the basis for translations into French, Dutch and English and has been reprinted frequently.

The Kreutterbuch von All Erdtgewächs , published in 1533, was also a success. This is an adaptation of the Garden of Health (1485) by Johann Wonnecke von Kaub and the Small Distilling Book by Hieronymus Brunschwig (1500), which not only describes plants but - as was common in a herb book at the time - also minerals.

When Rösslin died in 1554, Adam Lonitzer was his successor as Frankfurt city doctor.

Fonts (selection)

  • De partu hominis, et quae circa ipsum accidunt . Christian Egenolph , Frankfurt am Main 1532 ( online ).
  • Kreutterbuch von allem Erdtgewächs / initially brought together by Doctor Johan Cuba / Jietz in turn (m) new Corrigirt / and out of the most famous doctors / also daily experience / increased. With a clear display of all Kreuter. Distillery book Hieronymi Braunschwig / from all krauter outbreaks of water / herewith appropriately incorporated. Christian Egenolff, Frankfurt am Main 1533. Kreutterbuch (edition 1533) digitized Kreutterbuch (edition 1546) digitized

proof

  • FWE Roth: The botanists Eucharius Rösslin, Theodor Dorsten and Adam Lonicer 1526–1586 . In: Central Journal for Libraries . Volume 19 (1902), Issue 6, pp. 271-286. Digitized and issue 7, pp. 338–345 digitized
  • Biography universelle ancienne et Moderne: histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes . 1843, Volume 36, p. 306 ( Near Gallica ) (fr)
  • Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, ou mémoires disposés en ordre alphabétique pour servir à l'histoire de cette science et à celle des médecins, anatomistes, botannistes, chirurgiens et chymistes de toutes nations . Mons, H. Hoyois, 1778. ( online entry (fr))

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mayer: Freiburg register . tape 1 , p. 200 .
  2. ^ Erler: Matriculation Leipzig . 3 (register), p. 720 .
  3. ↑ Eucharius Roesslin: The Swangern frawen and hebammen Roßgarten. Worms and Strasbourg 1513.
  4. ^ Johanna Schwind Belkin, Earle Radcliffe Caley (Ed.): Eucharius Rösslin the Younger, On minerals and mineral products. Chapters on minerals from his 'Kreutterbůch': Critical text, English translation and commentary. Berlin / New York 1978 (= Ars medica. Texts and studies on the source studies of ancient medicine. IV: National language and medieval medicine. Volume 1).
personal data
SURNAME Rösslin, Eucharius the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rhodion, Eucharius; Rößlin, Eucharius d. J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1554
Place of death Frankfurt am Main