500 years since the birth of G. Agricola, a physician and pharmacist in Jáchymov
Drábek, P.; Agricola, G.
Ceska a Slovenska Farmacie Casopis Ceske Farmaceuticke Spolecnosti a Slovenske Farmaceuticke Spolecnosti 43(5): 243-244
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1210-7816 PMID: 7982009 Document Number: 434727
Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) had graduated in medicine and then he chose the mining town of Jáchymov as the first place for practicing his profession and became the municipal physician and pharmacist there in 1527. There he wrote his first book on mining as well as a comparative study of ancient measures and weights, necessary for correct preparation of medicines according to the recipes of ancient authors. In 1533 he moved house to the Saxon town of Chemnitz. Besides practicing medicine he dedicated himself to mineralogy and mining, which made him famous. The paper also draws attention to some other writings of his, particularly his treatise on plague (1554).