Paul Moth

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Dr. Paul (von) Moth, royal personal physician

Paul Moth (born September 16, 1600 in Flensburg , † May 6, 1670 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish doctor.

Live and act

Paul Moth was a son of Matthias Moth (* around 1567; † after 1642) and his wife Ingeborg, presumably born in Jürgensen. The father worked as a surgeon at the emperor's court in Prague and later in Flensburg.

Different information can be found about Moth's date of birth. A program of the University of Copenhagen, which was postponed after his death, is given as the date of birth of September 3rd "anno superioris seculi" . A copy of this appeared in a memorial by Thomas Bartholin . This source is considered to be more reliable and calls September 16 “anno huius seculi primo” . From this, Johann Moller interpreted the year 1601 as the year of birth. According to a funerary inscription by Bartholin published by Erik Pontoppidan the Younger , the year 1600 is more likely.

After attending a Latin school in Flensburg, Moth received training as a surgeon from his father. Around 1620, and thus already at an advanced age, he attended the scholars' school of the Johanneum in Hamburg . On January 21, 1624 he enrolled at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg and also worked as a private tutor for councilor Twestreng. On July 22, 1626, he enrolled at the University of Königsberg and began studying medicine. In the late summer of 1628 he moved to Copenhagen. During this time he taught as a private tutor to Caspar and Thomas Bartholin and their cousins ​​Thomas and Didrik Fuiren, whose father was the doctor Jørgen Fuiren. Moth became acquainted with the learned descendants of Thomas Finck , including Ole Worm .

On May 12, 1632, Moth enrolled at the University of Leiden . He dealt with anatomy here . As part of a section , he demonstrated the adrenal glands to the anatomist Adrian Valckenburg , which he saw for the first time. Moth earned his reputation by successfully treating Claus von Ahlefeldt . This had suffered a puncture of the chest and an injury to the diaphragm during a duel .

After two years in Leiden, Moth returned home and began his grand tour six months later . On June 1, 1635 he enrolled again in Leiden. He then visited London, Paris, Orléans, Montpellier, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Siena, Rome and Naples. He then stayed at the University of Padua for a long time and traveled to Basel via Milan, Marseille and Lyon . He stayed here for half a year and received his doctorate in November 1637. Together with the Danish nobleman Lauge and Hans Beck, the way back took him via Geneva and Sancerre, where he lived for about nine months. At the beginning of 1639 he enrolled in Bourges, then in Paris, London and on January 9, 1640 a third time in Leiden. In the same year he returned home.

Moth then worked as a city physician in Kiel and made the acquaintance of the poet and composer Georg Neumark there in early 1641 . Then he settled as a doctor in Flensburg. Due to the war, he moved to Lübeck in 1644 and to Odense in 1646/47. Presumably also because of previous contacts, he received a call to the court of the King of Denmark in Copenhagen in 1651. A little later he became Friedrich III's personal physician . He also took on the education of Christian V and other tasks. In 1659 he was responsible for the fleet's finances.

Moth died a very distinguished person. His funeral speech was given by his best-known student Bartholin, who also wrote the funerary inscription. Bartholin described him as a perfect physician who had extensive knowledge of the entire medical spectrum, including wound medicine and pharmacology.

Works

Moth published little. Only his disputation for the doctorate and a treatise on healing an injury to the diaphragm went to press. With the report, he did not primarily want to convey medical aspects, but rather to restore the reputation of his profession that had been attacked by Simon Paulli .

In addition to medicine, Moth was particularly interested in ancient languages, history and music. Since he was a respected personality due to his education and professional commitment, he was able to conduct research here for an end in itself.

family

Moth married Ida Burenneus on May 1, 1641 (December 1, 1624 - September 26, 1648). Her father Rudolph Burenneus was a Kiel mayor and married to Ide, née Rothfels. Moth's marriage resulted in four sons and four daughters (including Sophie Amalie Moth ), two of whom died young.

literature

  • Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , pages 198-200.

References and comments

  1. ↑ in DBL and Danmarks nobility Aarbog mistakenly September 3
  2. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , page 198.
  3. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , pages 198-199.
  4. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , page 199.
  5. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , page 199.
  6. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , page 199.
  7. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , page 199.
  8. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , page 199.
  9. ^ Dieter Lohmeier: Moth, Paul . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 6 - 1982. ISBN 3-529-02646-8 , pages 199-200.
personal data
SURNAME Moth, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish doctor
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1670
Place of death Copenhagen