Marcus Jacob Marx

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Jakob Marx (also: Iacob Marx and Markus Jacob Marx as well as Marcus Jacob Marx and Marx Jacob Marx , but also Mordechai ; born 1743 in Bonn ; died January 24, 1789 in Hanover ) was a German doctor and court medicus .

Life

Mordechai or Marcus Jacob Marx came from a Jewish family. His father was Jokew, who lived in Bonn and was wealthy.

Marx studied medicine in Halle at the Friedrichs University , where he obtained his doctorate in 1765. He then went on longer scientific study trips to the Netherlands and England , where he came into closer contact with the physician John Fothergill in particular . Marx allegedly obtained his habilitation in Hanover, where he was valued as a resident doctor by his contemporaries until his death.

On November 4, 1782, Marx was awarded the title of Court Medic by the Elector Maximilian Friedrich in Bonn. As such, Marx also dealt in writing with the recommendation of roasted acorns as a tonic remedy for various diseases of the chest and abdominal organs (see the writings ).

Marcus Jacob Marx had a daughter who was buried in 1789 or later in today's Jewish cemetery in Bonn-Schwarzrheindorf ; her tombstone is preserved, but the name of the daughter has been lost in the Hebrew inscription.

Marx died in Hanover on January 24 or 25, 1789.

Tomb in the old Jewish cemetery on Oberstrasse

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The grave of Hofmedicus, who died in 1789, can be found in the Old Jewish Cemetery on Oberstrasse . The monument there with the grave number 265 (2) , photographed as a photo in the Hanover history sheets , can be found north of the grave 264 of Leiser Marx, who died on January 5, 1794 . The Hebrew inscription for the court medicus translates as:

“You wanderers stop and see, the body of Mordechai the doctor is buried here, but his soul is tied to the bond of eternal life, the days of his life were few, but they were much because of his work, which was dug in with brazen pencils will be."

Fonts (selection)

  • De spasmis, sive motibus convulsivis, optimaque iisdem medendi ratione , 1765
  • Observata quaedam medica , 1772
  • Observationes medicarum , 1774
    • in German translation by Benedict Boehm under the title: Mixed medical observations , 3 parts, 1786/1787
  • Treatise on vertigo and the means against it . Hanover 1784
  • Instruction on how to treat pelvic patients in a simple and inexpensive way , 1784
  • History of acorns and experiences about diet and medic. Use of the same , 1784 (1788)
  • Confirmed powers of acorns , 1787

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to the inscription on the tomb, the date of death 25 January 1789 is given; compare Margret Wahl: inventory of tombstones , in this: The old Jewish cemetery in Hanover , with contributions by Ludwig Lazarus, Hans Henning v. Speeches, Helmut Plath and pictures by Wilhelm Meyer, in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 15, Issue 1/2 (1961), v. a. Pp. 15-63; here: p. 39 and general plan p. 77

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marx, Jacob (1743 - 1789) in the database CERL Thesaurus
  2. ↑ a b c d o. V .: NN daughter of Dr. Gumpel Marx (1789) in the Epidat, the epigraphic database on the website of the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History in the version dated January 22, 2013
  3. ^ A b c d e August Hirsch : Marx, Jacob in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , Vol. 20 (1884), p. 539; Transcription in the German biography
  4. ↑ a b Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Oberstraße , in Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek (ed.): Hannover. Art and Culture Lexicon (HKuKL), new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, zu Klampen, Springe 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , p. 174
  5. ^ A b Margret Wahl: Inventory overview of the tombstones , in this: The old Jewish cemetery in Hanover , with contributions by Ludwig Lazarus, Hans Henning v. Speeches, Helmut Plath and pictures by Wilhelm Meyer, in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 15, Issue 1/2 (1961), v. a. Pp. 15-63; here: p. 39 and general plan p. 77
personal data
SURNAME Marx, Marcus Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marx, Iacob; Marx, Markus Jakob; Marx, Jacob; Marx, Marx Jacob; Marx, Mordecai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and electoral court medicus
DATE OF BIRTH 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1789
Place of death Hanover