Johann Philipp Seip

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Johann Philipp Seip, portrait by Johann Christoph Sysang

Johann Philipp Seip , also Seipp (born November 28, 1686 in Oesdorf (today Bad Pyrmont ), † May 31, 1757 in Pyrmont ) was a German doctor who specialized in the analysis and application of the Pyrmont mineral springs and gave decisive impetus to their popularization gave.

Life

New description of the Pyrmontische Gesund fountain , Hanover 1717
Latin inscription in the vapor cave : “This astonishing natural effect was presented by Dr. Philipp Seip was the first to leave in 1724. "

Johann Philipp Seip was born as the eldest son of the theologian of the same name, Johann Philipp Seip (p) (1650–1715), who is mentioned as inspector of the churches of the county of Pyrmont in the year his son was born, and his wife Anna Elisabeth, née. Köhler (1662–1710), pastor's daughter from Oberweymar near Marburg. Seip is considered to be the progenitor of the lower branch of the Pyrmont family.

Johann Philipp studied medicine in Halle , London and at several Dutch universities and received his doctorate in 1709 .

In 1712 he returned to his hometown and concentrated therapeutically and journalistically on the healing effects of the Pyrmont springs. In 1719 he opened a spa pension on Brunnenstrasse . Around the same time he became aware of carbon dioxide escaping from a quarry , recognized its beneficial effect on skin blood flow and made the area accessible to those seeking healing as a vapor cave .

Seip looked after numerous prominent spa guests, including Tsar Peter the Great , Friedrich II of Prussia , Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his sovereign Anton Ulrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont , whom he served as court doctor and personal physician . On October 7, 1733 he was elected a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin, on July 1, 1736 a member of the Royal Society in London and on June 4, 1751 with the academic nickname Alcadinus I, a member of the Leopoldina . His writings have also been translated into English and Dutch.

Seip was married to Anna Christina, born on November 27, 1712. Nölting (1687–1756), daughter of a local merchant. Ten children are known, of whom the sons (Johann Christoph) Ludwig Seip (* 1717) and Anton (Ludwig) Seip (* 1723) are of genealogical importance as the progenitors of a Hamburg and Mecklenburg branch of the family. Another son, (Friedrich Georg) Philipp Seip (1726–1758), made it to the electoral Hanoverian court doctor. The youngest daughter, (Eleonore Christine) Elisabeth (* 1728) was married to the lawyer Paschen von Cossel since 1748 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The date of birth follows the information in the German Gender Book, vol. 74 = Mecklenburgisches Geschlechtbuch vol. 2. CA Starke, Görlitz 1931. p. 375.
  2. ↑ Exact life dates according to the List of Fellows of the Royal Society
  3. ↑ The German gender book, vol. 74 = Mecklenburgisches Geschlechtbuch, vol. 2. CA Starke, Görlitz 1931, knows nothing about the fact that the father was also a pastor at the Oesdorf church .
  4. ↑ The vapor cave (badpyrmont.de)
  5. ↑ portrait inscription
  6. ↑ bbaw.de
  7. ^ List of Fellows
  8. ↑ Matriculation No. 569 ; Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri , Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 514 digitized
  9. ^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 220 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Seip, Johann Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alcadinus I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German spa doctor and medical author
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH Oesdorf (today Bad Pyrmont )
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1757
Place of death Pyrmont