Johann Justus Gray

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Johann Justus Grau (born March 9, 1680 in Spangenberg , Hesse , † June 4, 1752 in Kassel ) was a German doctor .

Life

Johann Justus Grau was a son of Justus Grau, who worked in Spangenberg as a Metropolitan. After the early death of his father, he received a careful upbringing from his uncle, the consistorial councilor JG Rausch in Kassel, and was supposed to study theology . But since he did not feel any inclination for this discipline and preferred medicine, he studied medicine at the universities of Leipzig , Jena and Halle , where he became friends with the famous teacher Hofmann. In Halle he also obtained his medical doctorate in 1706 .

The Landgraf Karl appointed Gray to the field doctor in the in Italy serving Hessian troops. After the end of the campaign (1712), Grau settled in Kassel, where he was appointed court and provincial medic and city physician in 1718, and royal personal physician in 1722 . In this capacity he also accompanied Landgrave Friedrich I on several trips. The hardships suffered during the campaign and a severe fall from a steep rock in Switzerland had caused him several physical ills, which caused him an uncomfortable old age. In 1745 he was hit by a blow river. He died on June 4, 1752 at the age of 72 in Kassel.

The publication of a new, increased edition of his academic price publication De salubritate Hassiae (Hall 1706) was prevented by several unfavorable circumstances, although printing had already started. A paper on smallpox , its nature, causes and treatment, expected from his pen , was not ready for printing either.

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personal data
SURNAME Grau, Johann Justus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1680
PLACE OF BIRTH Spangenberg , Hesse
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1752
Place of death kassel