Franz Balthasar von Lindern

Franz Balthasar von Lindern (born March 1, 1682 in Bouxwiller (Bas-Rhin) , † April 25, 1755 in Strasbourg ) was a Franco-German doctor and botanist .

Life

Franz Balthasar von Lindern was one of eight children of a pharmacist . After attending grammar school in his hometown, he studied in Strasbourg from 1700, then in Halle (Saale) , Leipzig , Wittenberg , Erfurt and Jena . In 1708 he wrote his doctoral thesis , two years later a thesis on bone diseases. Then he returned to Strasbourg and taught botany , chemistry and pharmacology at the medical faculty .

He became famous for a book about STDs ( The Venus mirror ) and a popular book about common other diseases ( Medical Passe-partout ). These works were not written in Latin, as was customary among medical professionals of the time, but in generally understandable German. They were therefore also requested by the less educated population and appeared in several editions.

In addition to his work as a doctor and medical advisor, von Lindern was an enthusiastic botanist. He was director of the Botanical Garden in Strasbourg and researched the flora of Alsace . In 1728 he published a Flora of Alsace; The 920 plant species found in the area of Strasbourg, Barr , Mutzig and Bouxwiller he had classified according to the system of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort . Therefore the book was called Tournefortius Alsaticus . In 1747 a second edition appeared ( Hortus alsaticus ).

Works

Title vignette and beginning of the poem from Lindern's "Venus-Spiegel", a book about sexually transmitted diseases (1743).

Tournefortius Alsaticus cis et trans Rhenanus sive opusculum botanicum, ope cuius plantarum species, genera ac differentias praeprimis circa Argentoratum locis in vicinis cis et trans Rhenum sponte nascentes . Argentorati (= Strasbourg), 1728.
Speculum veneris noviter politum, that is, the newly cleaned Venus mirror, or description of most of the diseases of Venus . Strasbourg, 1728. Other editions: 1732, 1736, 1743 and 1750.
Medicinal pass-partout, or master key to all and every diseases of the human body , 2 volumes, Strasbourg 1739 and 1741.
Hortus Alsaticus. plantas in Alsatia nobili; inprimis circa Argentinam sponte provenientes, menstruo, quo singulae florent, ordine designans in usum botanophilorum excursiones facientium conscriptus . Argentorati (= Strasbourg), 1747.

Dedication names

The plant genus box herb ( Lindernia ) from the Linderniaceae family received its scientific name in honor of Franz Balthasar von Lindern.

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Dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale. Vol. 6 . Paris, 1824.

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personal data
SURNAME	Lindern, Franz Balthasar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Franco-German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1, 1682
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bouxwiller (Bas-Rhin)
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1755
Place of death	Strasbourg