Petrus Kirstenius
Petrus Kirstenius , Latinized form of Peter Kirstein , German also Peter Kirsten (* December 25, 1577 in Breslau , † April 5, 1640 in Uppsala ), was a German doctor and philologist and personal physician to the Swedish Queen.
Life
Kirstenius received his medical training at various universities in Germany , Holland and France . Since he was very interested in the old writings of Arabic-speaking doctors , especially by Avicenna , he used his studies to develop his already remarkable language skills. At the age of 24 he received his doctorate in medicine in Basel . He also went on a study trip to Italy , Spain , France and other countries.
In 1609 he published an Arabic edition of the second book of the Canon of Medicine of Avicenna , which was published in Breslau and provided with a Latin commentary .
Back in Breslau in 1610 he was rector of the Elisabet Gymnasium and had to quit this job in 1616 due to illness. After that he was mainly a practicing doctor. A few years later he moved to Prussia , where he became acquainted with the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna . This hired him as his personal doctor, whereupon Kirstenius moved to Sweden in 1636 . There he was appointed extraordinary personal physician to Queen Christina and professor of practical medicine in Uppsala in the same year .
According to contemporary reports, Kirstenius spoke 26 languages and his reputation as a philologist outweighed his prestige as a doctor. According to his own confession, he belonged more to the school of Paracelsus and less to Galenus . Apart from a few medical writings, such as De vero usu et abusu medicinae (Breslau, 1610), Kirstenius published several linguistic works, mainly translations of Christian documents.
His son Johan Peter Kirstenius (1617–1682) became a respected fortress construction officer.
literature
- Adolf Schimmelpfennig: Kirstenius, Petrus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 34 f.
- Petrus Kirstenius . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kikarskten – Kroman . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 148 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Here he enrolled in Padua on August 28, 1600 . See registration edition p. 117. No. 988.
- ^ Gotthard Strohmaier : Avicenna. Beck, Munich 1999. ISBN 3-406-41946-1 , p. 155 f.
- ↑ Jorit Wintjes : Introduction. In: Konrad Goehl : Avicenna and its presentation of the medicinal effects. With an introduction by Jorit Wintjes. Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-86888-078-6 , pp. 5–27, here: pp. 26 f.
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SURNAME | Kirstenius, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kirstein, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-born doctor and philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1577 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1640 |
Place of death | Uppsala |