FICHTNER, Horst. Dresden 3.9.1893 — Berlin 12.5.1961. German Priest, Theologian, Physician and Student of History of Medicine, apparently without any linguistic knowledge. Dr. med. 1924 Leipzig. Ph.D. Dr.theol. Domprediger in Dresden (1936), from 1945 taught social ethics at Theological Faculty, Berlin. A Nazi. Publications: Diss. an excerpt of 16 p.…
ESSER, Alexander Albert Maria. Düsseldorf 25.1.1885 — Düsseldorf 4.2.1972. German Physician interested in Sanskrit. Son of Wilhelm Esser, owner of a brewery. After school in Düsseldorf began law studies at Freiburg i.Br., but soon medicine at Bonn, Berlin, Freiburg and Heidelberg. Dr.med. 1909 Heidelberg. Served as physician in WW I.…
DIETZ, Friedrich Reinhold. Königsberg 12.1.1805 — Königsberg 5.6.1836. German Physician and Philologist (Historian of Greek and Oriental Medicine). School and from 1823 studies of medicine and philology at Königsberg, Dr. med. there 1826. With a scholarship by the government travelled in France, Italy, England and Spain studying Greek, Arabic and…
CORDIER, Palmyr Uldéric Alexis. Amancey near Besançon (Doubs) 18.2.1871 — Besançon 5.9.1914. French Physician and Indologist, an early specialist of the Āyurveda. Born in a modest family, son of insurance manager Palmyr Uldéric Cordier and Marthe Hermine Maréchal, educated in Besançon. Studied medicine in Toulon and Bordeaux, at Marine medical…
BALFOUR, Edward Green. Angus, Montrose 6.9.1813 — London 8.12.1889. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Son of Captain George Balfour of E.I.C. marine and Susan Hume. Educated at Montrose, studies at Edinburgh University. Left for India in 1834, on way visited Mauritius, arrived 1836 and joined the Medical Department serving in…
ACOSTA, Cristóvão da (Cristóbal d’Acosta, Christophorus Acosta Africanus). 1515/1525/1538? — Burgos 1592 or Huelva 1594?. Portuguese Physician, stayed in India in 1568-76. Born in Africa (Tanger, Ceuta or Cape Verde). Probably studied at Salamanca and came 1550 to India as soldier. After a while in Portugal returned as physician in…