Gottfried Möbius

Gottfried Möbius

Gottfried Möbius (born October 17, 1611 in Laucha an der Unstrut , † April 25, 1664 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German medic.

Life

Gottfried was born as the first son of the Laucha mayor and city judge Martin Möbius (born November 9, 1579 in Laucha; † January 30, 1667 ibid.) And his first wife Maria Jenisch († April 4, 1627 in Laucha) in Laucha an der Unstrut . His brothers were the Lutheran theologian Georg Möbius and the law professor at the University of Leipzig Tobias Möbius (born October 11, 1605 in Laucha; † March 25, 1688 in Leipzig). After attending school in Laucha, he came to the electoral Saxon state school in Pforta on December 11, 1627 , where he was trained under the direction of the rectors Franz Kess , Elias Ehinger and Andreas Kunad . Having experienced some illnesses from a very early age, he developed an interest in the medical sciences. After leaving school in 1633, he moved to the University of Jena on April 25, 1634 in the summer semester. Here he first completed philosophical studies in physics and astronomy. Then he turned to the medical sciences. After graduating under Werner Rolfinck in 1638, he obtained a licentiate in medicine with the chemical treatise de Marte & Venere on October 25, 1639, and after publishing the work de natura Cerui ejusque usuu & arcanis Chymicis, he received his doctorate on May 4 1640 in Jena as a doctor of medicine. On November 13, 1640 he became professor of medicine at the Salina.

From 1646 he was the personal physician of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg , the administrator of the Archbishopric Magdeburg August von Sachsen-Weißenfels and the Duke Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar . He also took part in the organizational tasks of the Salina. He was dean of the medical faculty and was rector of the alma mater in the winter semesters 1642, 1648, 1654 and 1660 . Besides plants and herbs, he dealt with astronomy and astrology. He investigated their effect on the human body. In his day, his tinctura aperitiva (appetizing tincture) had gained some popularity. On January 28, 1655, he had an accident near Seeburg when his coachman broke into ice and he almost drowned. On April 21, 1664, he was officially busy in Halle, where he developed a fever. After six pots of blood flowed from his nose and he was weakened by diarrhea, he eventually died. His body was brought to Jena, where he was buried on May 3, 1664.

family

In 1638 he married Justina Aenetius, the daughter of the Jena physics professor Mag. Theophil Aenetius, the widow of the director of chemistry and a doctor at the Jena University of Applied Sciences Valerian Theodor Clement. There are five sons and one daughter from the marriage. We know of these:

• Gottfried Möbius (studied medicine, matriculated winter semester at Jena University)
• Johann Michael Möbius († young)
• Sophia Möbius married with the theology student Wolfgang Christoph Wisener
• Paul Christoph Möbius (studied medicine, matriculated winter semester 1648 Uni. Jena)
• Johann Christoph Möbius († young)
• Johann Tobias Möbius († young, matriculated winter semester 1648 Uni. Jena)

Works (selection)

• Institutiones medicinae. Jena 1663
• Fundamenta medicinae physiologica Jena 1657, 1661, Gotha 1678
• Epitomen institutionum medicarum. Jena 1663
• Tabulas synopticas. Jena 1663
• Exam usus patrium.
• Anatomiam camphorae. Jena 1660
• Diss. De Usu hepatis et bilis. Jena 1654
• Diss. De mola uterina. Jena 1641
• Diss. De haemorrhoidibus. Jena 1643
• Diss. De haemorrhagia ejusque speciebus principalioribus. Jena 1652
• Diss. De haemorrhoidibus caecis & apertis. Jena 1662
• Diss. De fuffocatione uterina. Jena 1661
• Diss. De pleuritide. Jena 1656
• Diss. De affectu hypochondriaco. Jena 1640
• Diss. De Scorbuto. Jena 1644, 1662
• Diss. De balneorum natura & usu. Jena 1644
• Diss. De ulceribus. Jena 1645
• Diss. De rhevmation affectu. Jena 1649
• Diss. De cancro. Jena 1644
• Diss. De chylificatione. Jena 1645
• Diss. De natuura & usu clysterum saluberrimo. Jena 1649
• Diss. De variolis & morbillis. Jena 1653
• Diss. De dolore capitis. Jena 1653
• Diss. De legitimo venae sectionis usu. Jena 1654
• Diss. De usu cordis. Jena 1654
• Jeremias Rhetius : Diss. De febre petechiali. Jena 1658
• Diss. De ardore ventriculi. Jena 1660
• Diss. De spina ventosa. Jena 1658
• Diss. De epilepsia. Jena 1664
• Diss. De anorexia sive inappetentia. Jena 1645
• Diss. De mensium suppressione. Jena 1646
• Diss. De phrenitide. Jena 1647

literature

• Johannes Günther: Life sketches of the professors of the University of Jena from 1558 to 1858: A celebratory offering for the university's three-century secular celebration on August 15, 16 and 17, 1858. Published by F. Mauke, 1858, p. 121
• Wilhelm Hess :  Möbius, Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 43.
• Möbius (Gottfried). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 21, Leipzig 1739, column 752.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 3, Sp. 567
• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard am Rhein, vol. 7, p. 255, R 6393
• Johann Caspar Zeumer, Christof Weissenborn: Vitae Professorum Theologiae, Jurisprudentiae, Medicinae et Philosophiae qui in illustri Academia Jenensi, ab ipsius fundatione ad nostra usque tempora vixerunt et adhuc vivunt una cum scriptis a quolibet editis quatuor classibus. Johann Felici Bieleck, Jena, 1711, part III, p. 42
• Johann Christoph Adelung , Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : Continuations and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general scholarly lexico, in which the writers of all classes are described according to their most distinguished living conditions and writings. Georg Jöntzen, Bremen, 1813, vol. 4, col. 1836
• August Hirsch , Ernst Julius Gurlt : Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna, Leipzig, 1886, Vol. 4, p. 253