Background
He was born at Wembdingen in Bavaria on the 17th of January 1501.
(After nearly five centuries, Leonhart Fuchs herbal, De H...)
After nearly five centuries, Leonhart Fuchs herbal, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes (Notable commentaries on the history of plants), is still one of the most beautiful books in the history of science. The 512 superb wood-cut illustrations set the standard for fidelity and artistry in the depiction of plants. Until the Renaissance, Western herbals were largely repetitions of the work of the first-century Greek physician Dioscorides. In 1530, Fuchs, also a physician, saw an herbal by Otto Brunfels and immediately realized the value to his profession of accurately illustrating and describing plants. His work not only surpassed Brunfels, but achieved a lasting influence that still inspires botanists today. This Octavo Edition shows every detail of Fuchs herbal and includes an index of modern plant names linked to the corresponding woodcut. Commentary by Karen Reeds.
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He was born at Wembdingen in Bavaria on the 17th of January 1501.
He attended school at Heilbronn and Erfurt, and in 1521 graduated at the university of Ingolstadt. About the same time he espoused the doctrines of the Reformation. Having in 1524 received his diploma as doctor of medicine, he practised for two years in Munich.
He became in 1526 professor of medicine at Ingolstadt, and in 1528 physician to the margrave of Anspach. In Anspach he was the means of saving the lives of many during the epidemic locally known as the " English sweating-sickness. " By the duke of Wurttemberg he was, ip 1535, appointed to the professorship of medicine at the university of Tubingen, a post held by him till his death on the 10th of May 1566.
(After nearly five centuries, Leonhart Fuchs herbal, De H...)
Fuchs was an advocate of the Galenic school of medicine, and published several Latin translations of treatises by its founder and by Hippocrates.