Johannes Widmann (doctor)

Johannes Widmann , also Johann Widmann , also called (Johann) Mechinger , Möchinger and Latinized Salicetus (from salix = willow; mhd. Wîde ) (* around 1444 in Maichingen , today a part of Sindelfingen ; † December 31, 1524 in Pforzheim ) City doctor, professor of medicine and ducal personal physician .

Life

On October 1, 1459, the matriculation at the University of Heidelberg takes place as "Johannes Widman de Moechingen scolaris Constantiensis dyocesis" . Almost two years later he is a “Bachelor of Arts”. On March 19, 1464, Johannes Widmann was awarded a Master of Arts degree at Heidelberg University. He then studied medicine in Italy, including in 1466 in Pavia with the then famous doctor Johannes Marlianus . According to his own statements, Widmann obtained his doctorate there.

After returning to Germany, stays in Ulm (1469) and Ingolstadt (1474) are documented. In 1475 Johannes Widmann was appointed personal physician to Margrave Christoph I of Baden. He works in Basel (1477) and Strasbourg (1483). In 1484, Count Eberhard im Bart made him professor of medicine at the University of Tübingen , which was founded in 1477 . In 1493 he appointed Widmann his personal physician. In 1498 he was appointed personal physician to Duke Ulrich von Württemberg , and there is evidence that he held this position until 1513. Nothing is known about the activity and the whereabouts in the following nine years of life.

From 1522 Johannes Widmann lived with his wife Mechthild Belczin in Pforzheim, Baden . On the last day of 1524 he died in Pforzheim and was buried there in the collegiate church.

Fonts (selection)

De pustulis et morbo qui vulgato nomine mal de french appellature. [Johann Grüninger], [Strasbourg] [1497?], Urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00008358-9 .
Tractatus de pestilentia. [Johann Otmar for Friedrich Meynberger], Tübingen 1501, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb11106618-7 .
A useful book from the Wildpad, located in the Fürstenthumb Wirtenberg, made by the famous doctor Johann Mechinger . Tübingen 1513.

literature

Wilhelm Heyd : Widmann, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 355-357.
Walther Pfeilsticker : The two personal physicians Johann Widmann . In: Sudhoffs Archiv , 41/3/1957, pp. 260–282.

Web links

Arno Mentzel-Reuters : Medicine in the early days of the University of Tübingen (PDF; 1.5 MB). In: Franz Fuchs (Ed.): Medicine, Jurisprudence and Humanism in Nuremberg around 1500 . Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 91–128 ( Pirckheim Yearbook for Research on Renaissance and Humanism , Volume 24)

Individual evidence

↑ Frank Fürbeth : Bibliography of the German or in the German area published baths of the 15th and 16th centuries. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 13, 1995, pp. 217-252; here: p. 222 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Widmann, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Möchinger, Saliceus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medic
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1444
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maichingen
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1524
Place of death	Pforzheim

[1] Frank Fürbeth : Bibliography of the German or in the German area published baths of the 15th and 16th centuries. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 13, 1995, pp. 217-252; here: p. 222 f.