JONSTON Jan
SYNTAGMA UNIVERSAE MEDICINAE PRACTICAE
Vratislaviae[Wrocław] Typis Joannis Nisi, Jenae. 1673; portrait of the author, 23 k., pp. 1111 pages, (1); format: 11x 17.5 cm
First edition, by Estreicher noted only in the Jagiellonian Library, the item was described by him as follows " 8ce, cards 21, p. 1111. (At the end:) Jenae, typis Johannis Nisi Anno MDCLXXIII. Dedicacya Praesula, Consulibus Vratislaviensis Reipubl. patribus Includes: Pars I: Hygienes Pars II: Theraupetices (p. 161). Pars III: Nosocomices (p. 499), Concludes the work Liber VII: De morbis puerorum On pp. 556-8 is de porrigine et plica. Here expressing himself about the treatment of the files he says: per colatorium stramineum in alveum. quam nostri Süsse Bier vocant. So he considered himself a German oro he wrote himself Polonus. "
Avery rare work that is a summary of the author's entire medical output, occurring much less frequently than the most famous medical work "Idea universae Medicinae practicae", unlike other flagship items, by this author, I have been unable to find other pieces of this work in commerce, now or in the past.
Contents: Rebus Non Naturalibus Seu Diatetica; De Reum Non Naturalium Usu, Seu Methodo Tuendae Sanitatis; THERAPEUTICES: Pathologia, Seu Affectuum Corporis Humani Praeter Narturam; Semiotica Seu cognitione Affectuum; Methodo Affectibus Praeternaturalibus Medendi; Materia Auxiliorum, Seu , De Medicamentis; Primis Affectuum Differentiis. NOSOCOMICES: Morbis Externis; Morbis Medii Ventris; Mobis Infimi Ventris; Morbus Venenatis; Morbus Puerorum.
Jan Jonston (born September 3, 1603 in Szamotuly , died June 8, 1675 in Składowice) - Polish natural scientist, son of a Scottish immigrant who fled persecution, , historian, philosopher, educator, physician, medical and natural history writer; published his works as Joannes Jonstonus. He gained European scholarly prominence as the author of works on natural history, and his works were translated and reprinted many times.
From 1611 he studied for three years at the Czech Brethren School in Ostrog , from where he moved to the Evangelical Gymnasium in Bytom Odrzanski tach 1616-1617. He continued his studies at the Gymnasium in Torun (1619-1623), from where he acquired excellent knowledge of Hebrew. In 1623-1625 he studied Hebrew, philosophy and theology in Scotland. He settled in Leszno where he worked as a private and junior high school teacher. He then traveled extensively in Europe (Italy, France) and furthered his education in Frankfurt/Oder, Leipzig, Wittenberg, Berlin, Groningen, Franeker (from 1629 studying medicine), Leiden (1630, 1632-1633), London (1631) and Cambridge (1631, 1634).
He returned to Leszno in 1632 and soon became court physician to Governor Boguslaw Leszczynski and city physician of the city of Leszno (he bore the official title Archiater et Civitatis Lesnensis Physicus Ordinarius).
Jonston produced outstanding works of the encyclopedic type. He delved into philosophy, theology and the natural sciences - he is particularly credited with entomology, botany and ornithology. In 1632 he received a doctorate in medicine from the Universities of Leiden and Cambridge. His research achievements were recognized and he was offered chairs at several universities, but accepted none.
Jonston was the first Polish author whose work was popularized in Japan.
In 1662 he published Dendrographias sive historiae naturalis de arboribus et fructibus tam nostri, quam peregrini orbis libri decem figuris aeneis adornati - the world's first dendronological monograph.
In 1637 he married Christina, daughter of Samuel Hortensius, an apothecary from Wschowa, and after her death (d. July 12, 1637) in 1638 he married Anna Rosina, daughter of royal physician Matthew Vechner (1587-1630), also from Wschowa. Four children were born from this marriage (Matthew, John, Anna Maria, Anna Regina), but only Anna Regina survived her parents. She was the wife of Wroclaw patrician Samuel von Schaff.
He wrote in Latin, but despite his foreign origin he always considered himself Polish. He wrote of himself as "Polonus" or "Scoto-Polonus." During the Swedish invasion in 1656, he moved to his estate in Składowice near Lubin. He died there on June 8, 1675; his corpse was transported to Leszno a few months later.
Jonson was a man of the Baroque era - comprehensively educated, speaking 15 languages. He published many natural and medical works, written exclusively in Latin. His most important work was a medical work entitled Idea universae medicinae (General Questions of Practical Medicine), published in Amsterdam in 1644. He dealt with anatomy, physiology, pathology and therapy. He was distinguished by his extraordinary literary prolificacy, his comprehensive reading in all branches of knowledge. His works: Johani Jonstoni naturae constantia and Dendrographia have been repeatedly published, commented on and highly regarded in the scientific world of the time. Jonston's works are believed to have influenced Spinoza's philosophical views.
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