Nicolaus Braun
Nicolaus Braun (* 1558 in Marburg ; † April 24, 1639 there ) was a German doctor. He was professor of physics (1599–1637) and medicine (1608–1637) in Marburg.
Live and act
Nicolaus Braun studied at the Philipps University of Marburg before he received his doctorate in medicine in 1591 with his inaugural dissertation De capitis distillationibus . He then worked as a general practitioner in Paderborn . On January 27, 1599 he became a full professor of physics and gave his inaugural lecture on February 11, 1599. After this interim solution, he was appointed to the vacant position of first professor of medicine in 1608. He held this position until 1636, since 1624 on behalf of Landgrave Ludwig V of Hesse-Darmstadt . Braun was an advocate of traditional humoral pathological medicine.
He is primarily known for his publication of the Neuw completely Kreuterbuch ( Frankfurt 1591), although this only had its greatest success with its publication in the revised version by Caspar Bauhin (Frankfurt, 1630). Many of the disputations that Braun presided over as a physics professor at the medical faculty had a physiological-medical topic. He grew to be a gray eminence of the faculty by conducting remarkable hands-on experiments and advocating public health policies for city dwellers.
Publications
Braun created the continuation of the well-known Neuw Kreuterbuch by Jacob Theodor ( Tabernaemontanus ) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mordechai Feingold: History of Universities: Volume XXVI / 1, Oxford University Press, February 9, 2012, page 10 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Gießen Professorengalerie.
Web links
- Braun, Nikolaus in the Hessian biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braun, Nicolaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braun, Nikolaus; Bruno, Nicolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and doctor, professor in Marburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1558 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1639 |
| Place of death | Marburg |