Ludwig Grave

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Ludwig Grave (also Graff , Gravius , Grau , Graue , Groff ; * 1547 in Heidelberg ; † December 28, 1615 ) was a German medic .

Life

Ludwig Grave was the son of a general practitioner of the same name in Heidelberg who died in 1554. Through his mother Katharina Justina Stuichs, he was also a great-nephew of Philipp Melanchthon . He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg , passed his master's degree at the artist faculty in February 1568 and obtained his medical doctorate in 1571 . After he had also fulfilled the other prerequisites by writing the prescribed treatise, he began teaching. He therefore completely renounced medical practice and began his lectures, which were so successful that he was accepted as professors and senators at the university in December 1573. As successor to Albert Blaurer, he held the chair for physiology at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg. From 1580/82 to May 1583 he was Professor of Pathology and then, as successor to Thomas Erast, Professor of Therapeutics at the same faculty. From 1586 to 1590 he was the librarian of the University of Heidelberg and also acted as its rector in 1577, 1582, 1605 and 1613.

In 1590 Grave worked as a doctor for the family of Count Georg III. from Erbach . The Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate appointed him his personal physician in 1597. However, his excessive exertion in teaching had undermined his health, so that as he advanced in age he had to go to various spas almost every year. In autumn 1615 he suffered a serious illness, to which he succumbed on December 28, 1615 at the age of 68. He was solemnly buried in St. Peter's Church and left no descendants.

Grave also emerged as a writer, but did not devote too much time to this activity, as he feared it would impair the work necessary for his lectures. Among his works, the German text on the plague ( report on how to behave in dying runs for the preservation and curation of the pestilence disease , Leipzig 1607) is particularly worth mentioning, which was received by doctors in the first half of the 17th century was in great esteem. In addition, Grave wrote the treatise Theses de peste, in quibus pestiferae luis natura, praeservatio et curatio methodice exponuntur (Heidelberg 1583). In his writings on the plague, he dealt in particular with the symptoms of the epidemic, its prophylaxis and therapy.

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SURNAME Grave, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gravius, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH 1547
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1615