Jonathan Christoph Berthold

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Jonathan Christoph Berthold (born May 5, 1787 in Leutersdorf ; † December 17, 1864 in Oberoderwitz ) was a German doctor and the first homeopath in Upper Lusatia . In his honor, a memorial plaque was placed on the south wall of the Oberoderwitz church .

Berthold was born in 1787 as the fourth son of the Leutersdorfer pastor, his father died when he was ten years old. He was then taken in by his eldest brother, who worked as a doctor in Leutersdorf. To study medicine, Berthold moved to Berlin in 1805 , where two of his brothers lived as merchants. In 1808 he attended the Surgical Academy in Dresden .

Although penniless, Berthold set out for the Orient in 1809 . In Prague , however, he was asked to join the Austrian army as a field doctor, as many doctors had died of hospital fever. Berthold accepted the offer, but resigned from the army the next year after the end of the war. On August 16, 1810, he passed his state examination in Dresden and initially settled in Spitzkunnersdorf , where he married Clara Emilie Herrmann on April 14, 1814. Two years later he moved to Oberoderwitz, where his son Gustav Adolph Berthold was born on February 9, 1819 , who later worked as a painter and writer.

As early as 1819, Berthold began to study Samuel Hahnemann's teaching and was the first homeopathic doctor in Upper Lusatia. According to Johann Gottlieb Korschelt , he also had great success with this treatment method.

Berthold celebrated his golden wedding anniversary on April 14, 1864, but died of a stroke that same year. In addition to medicine, Berthold also worked with some success with wood carving .

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SURNAME Berthold, Jonathan Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and homeopath
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Leutersdorf
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1864
Place of death Oberoderwitz