Jean-Jacques Manget

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Jean-Jacques Manget , Latinized (Joh. Jac.) Mangetus, (born June 19, 1652 in Geneva / Republic of Geneva ; † August 15, 1742 ibid) was a Geneva doctor who is known for editing various compilations, especially the Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa (Geneva 1702) and medical encyclopedias.

Manget

Life

Manget was the son of a merchant and was supposed to be a clergyman and studied theology, but then turned to medicine, which he learned largely through self-study, and received his doctorate in Valence in 1678 . He first practiced in Geneva and from 1699 was the personal physician of the Elector of Brandenburg.

The Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa was, along with the Theatrum Chemicum, one of the most extensive collections of alchemical literature that ever appeared. It was published in 2 volumes, each with over 900 pages. In addition to his extensive editorial work, he wrote, for example, a monograph on the plague that was raging in Marseille and Provence at the time. As in his other collective works, he mostly reprinted works that had already been published elsewhere. His libraries were also sales successes, the Bibliotheca anatomica, Bibliotheca medico-practica and the Bibliotheca pharmaceutico-medica saw two editions each, despite the size of these works, the Bibliotheca chirurgica and the Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum only brought it to one edition. They were all written in Latin. In 1711 there was a three-volume abridged English version of the Bibliotheca anatomia and a shortened German version (1707) from the Bibliotheca chemica curiosa. The Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum also contained bio-bibliographies by medical authors (with around 4000 entries).

Fonts

  • Bibliotheca anatomica , Geneva 2 volumes 1685, 2nd edition 1699 (edited with Daniel Leclerc)
  • Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa , 2 volumes, Geneva: Chouet 1702
  • Theatrum anatomicum , 1716-1717
  • Traité de la peste recueilli des meilleurs auteurs anciens et modern , Geneva 1721, pdf
  • Bibliotheca medico-practica, sive Rerum medicarum thesaurus cumulatissimus: tomis octo comprehensis , Geneva, 1695 to 1698 and 2nd edition 1739, digitized
  • Bibliotheca chirurgica
  • Bibliotheca scriptorum medicorum
  • Bibliotheca pharmaceutico-medica , Geneva, Cologne 1703

literature

  • Jean Jacques Manget in Winfried Pötsch, Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
  • Jean-Jacques Manget: Bibliotheca Chemico-Curiosa D. Mangeti enucleata ac illustrata. That is: core and star. The most distinguished chemical-philosophical writings that are to be found in D. Mangeti Bibliotheca Chemico-Curiosa. Frankfurt 1707. - Digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joannes Andrea Schmitzius: Medicinae practicae Compendium ... a Christ. Constant. Rumpfio. Edited by Joh. Jac. Mangetus, with Joan. Anton. Chouët, Geneva 1691
  2. ^ Contents of the Bibliotheca Curiosa Chemica
personal data
SURNAME Manget, Jean-Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1742
Place of death Geneva