Gustav Christian von Handtwig

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Gustav Christian von Handtwig (* 1712 on the island of Dagö ; † January 31, 1767 in Riga ) was a German-Baltic physician , professor , Mecklenburg court advisor and thought leader in forensic medicine .

Life

Gustav Christian von Handtwig studied medicine at the University of Rostock from 1735 to 1738 . It was in 1738 at the University of Rostock MD PhD , and was then to 1760 there is also professor of medicine. During this time he was appointed the ducal-Mecklenburg court counselor and from 1750 was a district physician in Rostock. In Rostock, the first forensic medicine lectures by Georg Detharding (1671–1741) and Gustav Christian von Handtwig were expelled in 1750. In 1765 Handtwig moved to Riga and became the second city ​​physician there .

He was an active member of the Freemasons in Rostock and Riga. As a councilor he received from the Prussian grand lodge a constitutional document for the foundation of a lodge in Rostock. On June 10, 1760 he founded the St. John's Lodge "To the Three Stars". He ran the first hammer until 1764. In Riga he was co-founder and master of the chair of the lodge “Zum Schwert”.

Origin and family

Handtwig came from the German-Baltic noble family von Handtwig . Gustav Christian was raised to imperial nobility in 1740 together with his brothers . His father was the provost Georg Handtwig (1676–1733), who was resident in the Reval district with his wife Anna Magarethe, a born von Nieroth . Gustav Christian married Anna Sophie Eggerdes († 1743) in 1738 and Dorothea Louise von Vietinghoff in 1746 ; he had no offspring.

Works and dissertations

  • Johann Bump. De situ corporis cum sani, tum aegroti observanda quaedam; Alderus, Rostochium 1747 (digitized version )
  • Peter Nicolaus Flamm. De fluore albo speciatim gravidarum. Adler, Rostock 1747 (digitized version)
  • Paul Theodor Carpow. De Orchide Dissertatio Inavgvralis Botanico-Medica; Adlerus, Rostock 1747 (digitized version )
  • Diss. Phys.-med. de dormientibus, eorundemque situ. Quarta, ... sistens quaedam de salubri sub somnum loco; Handtwig, Gustav Christian von. - Rostochium: 1756 (digitized version)
  • De Salvbri Svb Somno Sitv: Dissertationum Physico-Medicarum De Dormientibvs. Tertia; Handtwig, Gustav Christian. - Adler: Rostochii, 1755

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry by "Gustav Christian von Handtwig" in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium , accessed on November 7, 2018
  2. ^ Forensic chemistry and toxicology at the Mecklenburg State University of Rostock from the 18th to the 20th century. An overview , accessed on November 7, 2018
  3. ↑ The three lions lodge at Wismar - The Mecklenburg Background , accessed November 8, 2018
  4. ↑ Our story, from the history of the Masonic Lodge "To the three stars", matriculation no. 38, i. Or. Rostock , accessed on November 7, 2018
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia: Latvia  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Freemason Wiki , accessed November 7, 2018@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / freimaurer-wiki.de  
personal data
SURNAME Handtwig, Gustav Christian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Professor of Medicine and Councilor of Mecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1712
PLACE OF BIRTH Dagö
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1767
Place of death Riga