Levinus Battus

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Levinus Battus (born December 1545 in Ghent , † April 11, 1591 in Rostock ) was a German medic.

Life

Born as the son of Bartholomäus Battus (* 1515 in Aalst , Flanders, † 1558 in Rostock), he had to leave his homeland in 1556 because of his evangelical convictions. Levinus was matriculated in Rostock in 1557, studied from November 3, 1558 in Wittenberg , where he received his master's degree on February 16, 1559 , and as such moved to the University of Rostock in 1560 and took over mathematical lectures. In 1564 he became the regens of the Collogium at the artistic faculty and in 1565 fled to Italy from the plague. There he received his doctorate in medicine and after his return to Rostock in 1566 was appointed associate professor of medicine. In 1568 he became a full professor of medicine, in 1579 and in 1586 dean of the medical faculty and in 1587 vice chancellor of the Rostock University.

His first marriage was in 1563 with Anna, the daughter of the famous Konrad level (also called levelius) from the Pomeranian nobility Peglow. His eldest son Levin was a lawyer and professor vicarius in Rostock († 1643). Battus was considered a capable mathematician and physician at the time. At that time, he already claimed that epilepsy could be cured by opening the top of the skull. In 1591 he published the works of the physician Jacob Bording (1511-1560).

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SURNAME Battus, Levinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH December 1545
PLACE OF BIRTH Ghent
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1591
Place of death Rostock