Jacob Mumenthaler-Marti
Jacob Mumenthaler-Marti (* 1737 in Langenthal ; † 1787 ibid) was a Swiss surgeon and surgeon . He comes from the Mumenthaler family .
Life
Mumenthaler-Marti was apprenticed to his father Johann Georgius Mumenthaler-Geiser as a doctor and medical writer and received his apprenticeship certificate in 1752. He attended the University of Strasbourg . Then he moved to Berlin and received bedside training at the Charité , Berlin's large hospital.
In 1756 he joined the Dutch warship Zuylefeld as a ship surgeon for two years. He took part in two trips. The second brought him from Rotterdam via Gibraltar to Málaga , Tunis , Smyrna and back again. At Malta he experienced an unusually violent storm. Then he was a surgeon in the Swiss regiment of Diessbach , which distinguished itself in the Seven Years' War . Jacob Mumenthaler quit his job in Strasbourg in 1762. After a master craftsman's examination in Burgdorf near Bern in 1763 , he began working as a surgeon and surgeon in Langenthal .
Web links
- Marta Meyer-Salzmann: Mumenthaler, Jacob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mumenthaler-Marti, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss surgeon and surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1737 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langenthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1787 |
| Place of death | Langenthal |