Johann Franz Loew von Erlsfeld

Johann Franz Ritter Loew von Erlsfeld (1711)
(Artist: ACF, frontispiece of his book "Nova et vetus ....." )

Johann Franz Ritter Loew von Erlsfeld , also Jan František Löw z Erlsfeldu and Johann Franz Löw (born March 26, 1648 in plan ; † March 25, 1725 ) was a German-Bohemian doctor and lawyer who was appointed by Emperor Leopold I in In 1685 raised to the nobility with the title Knight of Erlsfeld.

Life

Loew von Erlsfeld graduated from the Jesuit grammar school in Eger in western Bohemia , studied medicine at the University of Prague with a doctorate in medicine, became a well doctor in Karlovy Vary and continued his studies in Rome with a doctorate in law. He became the personal physician of Prince and Field Marshal Johann Adam zu Schwarzenberg, came with him to Linz , where Emperor Leopold I of Habsburg resided, and also became his personal physician and professor at the Charles University in Prague . In 1699, 1703, 1712 and 1717 he was rector of this university, which was then known as the " Ferdinand University at St. Clement ". His medical publications, which were particularly devoted to fighting the plague , received great attention. He was the owner of the Modletice estate east of Prague. In 1717 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

His wife was Johanna Margarita Cassini de Bugella. She came from the Italian family of scholars Cassini and was a sister of the professor of medicine and rector of the University of Prague Johann Anton Cassinis de Bugella . His son was the royal Bohemian vice country writer Johann Joseph Ignaz Knight Loew von Erlsfeld (1673-1716). Married in 1707 to Elisabeth Alsterle von Astfeld, from the Ulster councilor family, called Alsterle von Rosenthal in Budweis in southern Bohemia.

Works

• Nova et vetus aphorismorum divi senis Hippocratis interpretatio iuxta mentem veterum et recentiorum in publica cathedra ingenuae juventuti medicae pragensi explanata ... Francofurti & Lipsiae: Johannis Ziegeri, 1711
• Universa medicina practica, juxta veterum et recentiorum mentem efformata et aucta; observationibus, quaestionibus, consiliis ac controversis illustrata propriaque explicatione dilucidata. Olim in nucleo compendiose tradita, AC Weinhart in usum medicorum juniorum ... 2 parts in 1 vol. Nuremberg, JD Endter for J. Fr. Rüdiger, 1723
• Theatrum medico-juridicum, continens varias easque maxime notabiles tam ad tribunalia ecclesiastico-civilia, quam ad medicinam forensem, pertinentes materias. Ex diversis optimorum authorum ... voluminibus excerptum ... Opus Jctis, physicis, practicis, studiosis, chirurgis, aliisque utile et necessarium . Nuremberg, JF Rudiger, 1725
• Manual of all memorable things, so I and mine approached , n.d.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Löw von Erlsfeld, Johann Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 15th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1866, pp. 408–412 ( digitized version ).
• Loew von Erlsfeld. In: Roman Freiherr von Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families. Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt (Aisch) 1973, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2 , p. 81.
• Astfeld (and Widrzy) from Alsterle von Astfeld. In: Roman Freiherr von Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families. Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt (Aisch) 1973, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2 , pp. 24-27.
• Josef Weinmann: Egerländer Biographical Lexicon with selected people from the former administrative district of Eger. Volume 1 (A – M), Mennedorf / CH 1985, ISBN 3-922808-12-3 , p. 322 with further references.
• Ivana Čornejová: Deník Jana Františka Löwa z Erlsfeldu - pozoruhodný a nevyužitý pramen . In: Zdeněk Hojda, Jiří Pešek, Blanka Zilynská (eds.): Seminář a jeho hosté. Sborník k 60. narozeninám doc. dr. Rostislava Nového. Prague 1992, pp. 237-245.

Web links

• Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library