Henning Scheunemann
Henning Scheunemann (* around 1570 in Halberstadt ; † around 1615 ) was a German doctor and alchemist .
Life
Born around 1570 in Halberstadt, Scheunemann studied in Würzburg from 1586 and received his doctorate in medicine there in 1594 under Adriaan van Roomen (Adrianus Romanus). From 1599 he taught physics at the Collegium Ernestinum in Bamberg , where he 1601 for the personal physician of the Prince Bishop Johann Philipp von Gebsattel was appointed. However, his appointment was not extended in 1610 under his successor. Scheunemann then turned to Aschersleben , where he seems to have held the office of city doctor . Presumably here in Aschersleben he died around 1615.
meaning
Although Scheunemann does not enjoy much research today, he was regarded by his contemporaries as an important representative of Paracelsian medicine . Particularly relevant here is his posthumously published theoretical main work Medicina reformata . Scheunemann was in contact with the alchemists Heinrich Khunrath and Johann Thölde . In 1613 he published an analysis of the "St. Anne's Fountain" near Zwönitz in the Ore Mountains .
Works (selection)
- Paracelsia ... de morbo mercuriali contagioso, Bamberg 1608
- Paracelsia ... de morbo sulphureo cagastrico, Frankfurt am Main 1610
- Hydromantia Paracelsica, Frankfurt am Main 1613
- Medicina reformata, Frankfurt am Main 1617
- Spagyric secrets, in: Andreas Tentzel, Chymisch-Spagyric Artzney-Kunst, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1736, 329ff.
literature
- Oliver Humberg: Notes on the Vita Hnung Scheunemann . In: Johann Thölde: Examen und Ivdicivm deß well-descripted well in the Chut Sachsen one and a half meylenes from the wolberümbten Berstatt Schneberg, which from time immemorial called Danenbron . Drei-Birken-Verlag, Freiberg 2007, pp. 45-50, ISBN 978-3-936980-24-0 (reprint of the Horitz edition, Bamberg 1608).
- Oliver Humberg: Johann Thölde's report on the Zwönitzer Heilbrunnen in August 1608 . In: Hans-Henning Walter (Ed.): Ernst August Geitner 1783–1852. Chemist, metallurgist, inventor and entrepreneur . Drei-Birken-Verlag, Freiberg 2009, pp. 164–170, ISBN 978-3-936980-25-7 (conference from June 12 to 14, 2008).
Web links
- Medicina reformata in the Munich digital library
- Hydromantia Paracelsica in the Dresden Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheunemann, Henning |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and medical theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1570 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1615 |