Johann Georg Macasius (1617–1653) was a German physician. He was born in
Eger
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,
Bohemia (part of the
Holy Roman Empire
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From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...
, now in the
Czech Republic
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).
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Education
He received the Medicinae Doctorate from the
University of Jena
The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
The un ...
in 1638 under
Johannes Musaeus
Johannes Musaeus (7 February 1613 – 4 May 1681) was a German Protestant theologian.
Education
After visiting the Latin school in Arnstadt he studied at the University of Erfurt
The University of Erfurt (german: Universität Erfurt) is a ...
with a thesis entitled ''De natura et causis externis.'' In 1640, he received a second Medicinae Doctorate from the University of Jena under
Balthasar Widmarcter with a thesis entitled ''Disputatio de inflammatione.''
Books by Macasius
* Johann Georg Macasius and
Johann Mathias Nester, ''Promptuarium materiae medicae, sive Apparatus ad praxim medicam libris duobus adornatus'' (1654).
References
External links
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Brief Macasius bio
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1617 births
1653 deaths
University of Jena alumni
University of Jena faculty
17th-century German physicians
German Bohemian people
17th-century German writers
17th-century German male writers