Sebastian Scheffer (medical doctor)

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Sebastian Scheffer (also Sebastianus Schefferus ; born January 2, 1631 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 10, 1686 ibid) was a German doctor .

Life

Scheffer was born the son of Wilhelm Ernst Scheffer (1590–1664), a Frankfurt doctor. His father initially ensured his education and upbringing. In 1648 he went to the University of Strasbourg where he began studying philosophy . This was followed by studying medicine at the universities in Leipzig and Helmstedt . He went on a scientific study trip to the Netherlands and France . After his return, he was at the University of Heidelberg to the Dr. med. PhD .

Scheffer established himself as a general practitioner in his hometown of Frankfurt. He initially helped his father and continued to strive for science. After his father's death in 1664 he was appointed city ​​physician of Frankfurt. He was a member of the Recuperati Academy . On April 5, 1680, Sebastian Scheffer with the academic surname Perseus II was accepted as a member ( matriculation number 92 ) in the Leopoldina . For the latter he wrote a series of essays.

Publications (selection)

  • Disputatio Medica De Melancholica Desipientia , Muller, Helmstedt 1652.
  • Introductio in universam artem medicam singulasque ejus partes , Muller, Helmstedt 1654.
  • with others: Praxis medica curiosa: hoc est, Galeni methodi medendi libri XIV , Erythropilus, Frankfurt am Main 1680.

literature

  • General lexicon of scholars: Include the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present time, and made themselves known to the learned world, after their birth, life, remarkable stories, deaths and writings from the most credible scribes can be described in alphabetical order , 4th volume S - Z, Leipzig 1751, column 233 f.
  • Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 470 ( digitized version ).
  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 193 ( digitized version ).
  • Julius Pagel:  Scheffer, Sebastian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 683.
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 149 ( archive.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Heß:  Scheffer, Wilhelm Ernst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 683.
  2. ↑ Member entry of Sebastian Scheffer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 16, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Scheffer, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schefferus, Sebastianus; Perseus II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1631
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1686
Place of death Frankfurt am Main