Johann Christoph Gockel

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Johann Christoph Gockel (* 17th century ; † in the 18th century ) was a German doctor , surgeon and pharmacist who transcended the classic professional division .

Live and act

Johann Christoph Gockel was a younger son of the Ulm city ​​doctor Eberhard Gockel (1636–1703) , who came from Giengen , and, like his two brothers Christoph Erasmus Gockel and Christoph Ludwig Gockel, also studied medicine. The preface to his Chirurgia Medica from January 1704 shows that Gockel acquired surgical knowledge and skills in army camps over a long period of time during his wandering. In his work, Gockel places special emphasis on the surgical treatment of the eyes, to which he devotes a separate chapter. In the foreword to his writing from 1704, Gockel described himself as the electoral Bavarian senior surgeon.

In 1710 Johann Christoph Gockel published a 43-page medical treatise from Kurtzer's report on how one can protect oneself from the plague and other infectious diseases with Johann Baptist Waltpart in Waldshut . In the preface to the treatise, Gockel recommended himself to his employer, Prince Adam zu Schwarzenberg , whom he thanks for his position as a Kleggau physicist and (!) Surgeon since 1706 . The work lists extensive recipes, mainly based on camphor and lemon, for the treatment of bubonic plague . Gockel's official seat was the Sulz-Schwarzenberg castle in Jestetten .

In 1718 Johann Christoph Gockel was mentioned as a pharmacist in his hometown of Ulm, which meant a further breach of the profession. In 1726 Wohler in Ulm published another improved edition of his Chirurgia medica . The further living conditions of Johann Christoph Gockel are not known. Gockel is an early testimony to the process of merging the independent professions of doctor and surgeon, which was completed in the late 18th century, with Gockel already referring to the rapid development of surgery and its healing successes from his own perspective.

Works

  • Chirurgia medica, or a wound doctor founded in medicine, in which the dislocations, broken legs, wounds, weight, etc. Tumors, the same condition of the eyes ... has been dealt with , Wohler, Ulm, 1704, 171 p., Digitized by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [1]
  • Kurtzer report on how one can protect oneself against both the plague and other contagious diseases , Waltpart, Waldshut, 1710, 43 pp.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weyermann, Albrecht: Messages from Scholars, Artists and Other Strange People from Ulm, Volume 2, Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm, 1829, p. 131
  2. ↑ Johannes Christoph Gockel: Kurtzer report on how one can protect oneself against both the plague and other contagious diseases, Waltpart, Waldshut, 1710, copy viewed in the Zurich Central Library
  3. ^ Weyermann, Albrecht: Messages from Scholars, Artists and Other Strange People from Ulm, Volume 2, Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm, 1829, p. 131

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personal data
SURNAME Gockel, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gockelio, Joh. Christophoro; Gockel, Johannes Christoph; Gockel, Johannes Christophorus; Gockelius, Johannes Christophorus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, surgeon and pharmacist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1718