Pedro Jaime Esteve

Pedro Jaime Esteve (Latinized Estevius, Catalan Pere Jaume Esteve) (* around 1500 in Santa Mateu del Maestrat , † 1556 in Valencia ) was a Spanish doctor, botanist and humanist.

life and work

Pedro Jaime Esteve studied in Valencia , Paris and Montpellier . He later worked as a professor of medicine and mathematics at the University of Valencia. In 1551 he published the Hippocratic work “Epidemics II” in Greek with numerous illustrations and a Latin translation. This book was the basic medical work of Spanish humanism. In 1552 he published a critical edition of the "Theriaca", a work on poisons and bites from snakes and scorpions by the ancient Greek doctor Nikandros from Kolophon . In his Latin hexameter version, he has added comments on the Latin and Catalan nomenclature and classification of some plants from the Valencia area. Esteve later wrote a work on medicinal herbs and medicinal plants, but it is now considered lost.

Others

The American plant genus stevia ( Stevia ) is named after Pedro Jaime Esteve.

literature

• Enciclopèdia Catalana: Esteve, Pere Jaume . In: Gran enciclopèdia catalana. 2nd edition 5th reprint 1992. Volume 10 . Enciclopèdia catalana, Barcelona 1987, ISBN 84-7739-004-5 , p. 322 (Catalan). (Note: In the article of the Enciclopèdia Catalana the Spanish first names of "Pedro Jaime" Esteve are catalanized to "Pere Jaume")

Web links

• Enciclopèdia.cat: Pere Jaume Esteve. Retrieved April 14, 2018 (Catalan).  (Note: In the article of the Enciclopèdia Catalana the Spanish first names of "Pedro Jaime" Esteve are catalanized to "Pere Jaume")

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 , p. 611 (entry “Stevia”) (reprint from 1996).