Otto Tachenius
Otto Tachenius (* 1610 in Herford as Otto Tacke ; † 1680 in Venice ) was a German pharmacist , pharmacist, doctor, iatrochemist and alchemist , who was well known in the 17th century, but was later almost forgotten.
Life
The son of the Westphalian mill leaseholder Heinrich Tacke began training in pharmacies in Herford, Detmold and Lemgo , where he worked with his employer Dr. Timpler fell out and left the area. A twelve-year wandering took "Tachenius", as he now called himself, via Königsberg , Warsaw and Vienna to the university city of Padua , where he received his doctorate. He then lived mainly in Venice , but often accompanied aristocrats as a personal physician on trips and became wealthy. He discovered silicic acid , the acid content in oils and fats, and explained the cleaning effect of soaps. In 1666 he published his best known book Hippocrates Chimicus . He went beyond his teacher Franciscus Sylvius and was certain that acids and bases are the basis of all chemical processes. With very self-confident polemics against the establishment and the screeching propaganda of miracle cures made from snake poisons, he also made many enemies.
Works
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Ottonis Tachenii Hippocrates Chimicus: qui novissimi viperini salis antiquissima fundamenta ostendit. Combi & LaNoù, Venice 1666 (digitized version )
- Ottonis Tachenii Hippocrates Chimicus: Qui Novissimi Viperini Salis Antiquissima Fundamenta ostendit. Hauenstein, Braunschweig 1668 (digitized version)
- Ottonis Tachenii antiquissimae hippocraticae medicinae Clavis: manuali experientia in naturae fontibus elaborata, qua per ignem et aquam inaudita methodo occulta naturae et artis, compendiosa operandi ratione manifesta fiunt, et dilucide aperiuntur . - Neapoli: Perati, 1697. Digitized edition
Honors
The Tacheniusweg was named after him in his native Herford .
literature
- Julius Pagel : Tachenius, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 340.
- Take, Heinz-Herbert: Otto Tachenius (1610–1680). Chemistry pioneer between Herford and Venice. Bielefeld, 2002. ISBN 3-89534-466-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Strathern "Mendeleev's Dream", p.185
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tachenius, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tacke, Otto (maiden name); Tache, Otto; Tac, Otto; Tacken, Otto; Tackenius, Otto; Tachen, Otto; Tachenius, Ottonus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and alchemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herford |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1680 |
| Place of death | Venice |