Johann Christoph Ettner

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The unworthy doctor

Johann Christoph Ettner (born March 15 or 16, 1654 in Glogau , † December 22, 1724 in Breslau ) was a German physician and novelist of the Baroque period .

Life

Nothing is known about Ettner's youth. In 1670 he enrolled at the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig , where he received his doctorate in 1674. In addition to medicine , he was also interested in alchemy and pharmacy . In 1689 he is recorded as a general practitioner in Breslau, where he tried in vain to open a pharmacy. Since 1693 he called himself "Imperial Council". The elevation of the nobility to "Ettner von Eiteritz" took place in 1708. Although he opposes quacking in his novels, he is still under the spell of alchemical tradition. His novels, which show solid specialist knowledge, offer a good insight into medical practice at the time. In a period of only about 20 years, six works with up to 1000 pages were published that dealt with the healing professions.

Works (selection)

  • Of the faithful Eckhart's medicinal mouth-monkey, first part, or The unmasked Marktschreyer. Leipzig 1971 (reprint of the Liegnitz 1694 edition)
  • Chymicus that escaped faithful Eckhart. Augsburg 1696
  • The loyal Eckhart's unworthy doctor. Augsburg 1697
  • Deß loyal Eckhart's Unknowing Apotecker in which like a righteous Apotecker ... should be ...; With the addition of meaningful and instructive ... events ... Kroniger & Göbel, Augspurg; Leipzig 1700 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
  • The loyal Eckarth careless Heb-Amme. Leipzig 1715
  • Eckarth's faithful Medicinischer Maul-Affe or the exposed Marckt-Schreyer . - Franckfurth: Rohrlach, 1719. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

Literature (selection)

  • Josef Abel: Ettner and the medicine of his time. Diss. Munich 1951
  • Wolfgang U. Eckart : JC Ettner, doctor, novelist and medical critic of the baroque . In: doctor and hospital . Volume 7, 1982, pp. 271-277

List of works and references

  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Johann Christoph Ettner (1654–1724) . In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints . Volume 2, Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990, pp. 1427-36, ISBN 3-7772-9027-0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang U. Eckart : Medical criticism in some novels of the baroque period - Albertinus, Grimmelshausen, Lesage, Ettner, in: Wolfgang U. Eckart and Johanna Geyer-Kordesch (eds.): Health professions and sick people in the 17th and 18th centuries. The source and research situation , Munster contributions to the history and theory of medicine No. 18, Burgverlag Tecklenburg 1982, to Johann Christoph Ettner pp. 62–66, ISBN 3-922506-03-8

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personal data
SURNAME Ettner, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ettner von Eiteritz, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1654 or March 16, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH Glogau
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1724
Place of death Wroclaw