Johann Georg Macasius
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Johann Georg Macasius was a German physician. He was born in Eger
, Bohemia
(part of the Holy Roman Empire
, now in the Czech republic
).
under Johannes Musaeus
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.
Cheb
Cheb is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, with about 33,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Ohře , at the foot of one of the spurs of the Smrčiny and near the border with Germany...
, Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
(part of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
, now in the Czech republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
).
Education
He received the Medicinae Doctorate from the University of Jena in 1638under Johannes Musaeus
Johannes Musaeus
-Education:After visiting the Latin school in Arnstadt he studied at the University of Erfurt starting from 1633 in the Arts Faculty and in Jena with Damiel Stahl. In 1634 he received the Magister Artium, studying theology under Georg Grosshain, producing a thesis entitled: Disputatio Apologetica...
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).