Rudolph Goclenius the Younger (born ''Rudolph Göckel''; 22 August 1572 – 3 March 1621) was a German

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

and professor at

Philipps University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the worl ...

. Goclenius was born in

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, north of ...

, the oldest son of

Rudolph Goclenius Rudolph Goclenius the Elder ( la, Rudolphus Goclenius; born ''Rudolf Gockel'' or ''Göckel''; 1 March 1547 – 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philosopher. Gockel is often credited with coining the term "psychology" in 1590, though the term ...

, who was also professor of physics, logic, mathematics and ethics at Marburg. He enrolled at the University of Marburg at the age of 15. As a student, Goclenius was a respondent to his father in a physical disputation and received his master's degree in 1591. After obtaining his medical degree in 1601, Goclenius became the first rector of the newly founded gymnasium in

Büdingen Büdingen is a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is mainly known for its well-preserved, heavily fortified medieval town wall and half-timbered houses. Geography Location Büdingen is in the south of the Wetterau below the Vogel ...

and a personal physician (''archiatrus'') to Wolfgang Ernst I, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen. In 1608, he was appointed to the professorship of physics, astronomy and arithmetic at Marburg University. Afterwards, he took over the chairs of medicine (1611) and mathematics (1612) at the same place. The younger Goclenius died in

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approx ...

. His father wrote a poem for his funeral on 4 March 1621 As a physician he worked on cures against the plague. He became famous for his miraculous cure with the "weapon salve" or

Powder of Sympathy Powder of sympathy was a form of sympathetic medicine, current in the 17th century in Europe, whereby a remedy was applied to the weapon that had caused a wound with the aim of healing the injury it had made. Weapon salve was a preparation, a ...

. Based on the

hermetic Hermetic or related forms may refer to: * of or related to the ancient Greek Olympian god Hermes * of or related to Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary Hellenistic figure based on the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth ** , the ancient and m ...

concepts of

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. H ...

he published 1608 the proposition of a "magnetic" cure to heal wounds: the application of the salve on the weapon should heal the wounds afflicted by the weapon. This concept was brought to England by the alchemist

Robert Fludd Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (17 January 1574 – 8 September 1637), was a prominent English Paracelsian physician with both scientific and occult interests. He is remembered as an astrologer, mathematician, cosmologis ...

. A famous proponent was

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. Synchronising the effects of the powder (which apparently caused a noticeable effect on the patient when applied) was actually suggested in the leaflet ''Curious Enquiries'' in 1687 as a means of solving the

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problem. He is the eponym of the lunar crater

Goclenius Goclenius may refer to: * Conrad Goclenius (1490-1539), German humanist * Rudolf Goclenius Rudolph Goclenius the Elder ( la, Rudolphus Goclenius; born ''Rudolf Gockel'' or ''Göckel''; 1 March 1547 – 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philos ...

. Already in 1651, the Jesuits

Riccioli Giovanni Battista Riccioli, SJ (17 April 1598 – 25 June 1671) was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion ...

/ Grimaldi honored him on behalf of his book ''Urania'' (1615) on astrology and astronomy.''Almagestum Novum'', Bologna 1651, pp. 141, 195, 280.

Publications

As a medical student: * In Obitum Illustriss. Principis, &c., in: Kirchner, H. ''Parentatio, Perpetuae recordationis ergo habita, ... Domino Georgio, Landgravio Hassiae'', Marburg 1596, p. 37 poem written on the occasion of the death of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt] * ''Aphorismorum Chiromanticorum Tractatus Compendiosus'', Lich, Hesse, Lich 1597 * ''De Luctu Minuendo Ex currentis seculi perversitate: Oratio Brevis'', Kopenhagen 1598 * ''Quaestiones Mixtas In Utramque Partem Controversas, cum adjuncta disputatione de Principiis Medicinae Paracelsicae, quod in arte medendi non habeant fundamentum'', Marburg 1600 is doctoral thesis Büdingen years (1601-1608): * ''Oratio de scholarum necessitate et doctrina, pro apertura & fundatione Scholae Budingensis'', Hanau 1601 * ''Uranoscopia, Chiroscopia & Metaposcopia'', Lich 1603 * Epistola Dedicatoria edicatory letter to Landgrave Moritz in: Goclenius, R. r. ''Physicae Completae Speculum'', Frankfurt 1604 * ''De Luxu Convivali Nostri Seculi, ..., Oratio'', Lich 1604, Marburg 1607 (rev. ed.) * ''De Pestis, Febrisque Pestilentis Causis'', Marburg 1607 * ''Weiß und Weg / Sich for'' ic''der schweren Seuche der Pestilenz / ... / zubewahren'', Marburg 1607 * ''Uranoscopiae, Chiroscopiae, Metoposcopiae, Et Ophtalmoscopiae, Contemplatio'', Frankfurt 1608 ew edition; dedicatory letter signed: Büdingen, July 29, 1607* ''De Vita Proroganda'', Mainz 1608 edicatory letter signed: Büdingen, January 7, 1608 Marburg years (1608-1621): * ''Oratio Qua defenditur Vulnus Non Applicato Etiam Remedio'', Marburg 1608 nauguration as physics professor at Marburg University on April 24, 1608* ''Tractatus De Magnetica Curatione Vulneris'', Marburg 1609 ev. ed. of ''Oratio Qua defenditur Vulnus Non Applicato Etiam Remedio'', Marburg 1608* ''Tractatus De Portentosis Luxuriosis ac Monstrosis nostri seculi convivijs'', Marburg 1609 ev. ed. of ''De Luxu Convivali Nostri Seculi, ..., Oratio'', Marburg 1607* ''Tractatus De Magnetica Curatione Vulneris'', Marburg 1610 he latter two treatises in one book Further editions as: ** ''Tractatus Novus De Magnetica Vulnerum Curatione'', Frankfurt 1613 edicatory letter signed: October 15, 1612** ''De Magnetica Vulnerum Curatione, ..., Tractatus'', s.l. 1613 [preface signed: October 28, 1612. The first part of this edition, without the ''Tractatus Alter'', was reprinted as ''Tractatus De Manetica'' ic''Vulnerum Curatione'' in Sylvester Rattray's ''Theatrum Sympatheticum Auctum'' (Nürnberg 1662, pp. 177–225). It was translated into German by F. J. Schmidt (Hamm 1978, pp. 5–63).] * ''Apologeticus Pro Astromantia Discursus'', Marburg 1611 * , Marburg 1612 * ''Loimographia'', Frankfurt 1613 * ''Physicae Generalis Libri II'', Frankfurt 1613 * Responsio ad quaestionem propositam, in: ''Promotio Solennis XX. Magistrorum'' (July 14, 1614), Marburg 1614, pp. 34–43 * ''Uraniae Divinatricis, Quoad Astrologiae generalia, Libri II'' (added to Augustini Niphi, ''De Auguriis, Libri II'', Marburg 1614) * ''Pro Artium Mathematicarum Laude, dignitate & praestantia, Oratio'' (1613), Marburg 1615 * ''Urania Cum Geminis Filiabus'', Frankfurt 1615 * ''Synarthrosis Magnetica, Opposita Infaustae Anatomiae Joh. Roberti D. Theologi, Et Jesuitae, Pro Defensione Tractactus, de Magnetica vulnerum curatione'', Marburg 1617 ranslated into German by F. J. Schmidt: ''Wiederaufbau zur Verteidigung des Traktats über magnetische Wundheilung: gegen die glücklose Anatomie des Johannes Roberti SJ'', Hamm 1979.Against

Jean Roberti Jean Roberti (also Johannes) (1569 – 14 February 1651) was a Jesuit from Luxemburg who became known for his part in a medical and scientific controversy. He was also a theological writer. Life He was born in Saint-Hubert and studied in Jesuit c ...

. * ''Tractatus De Portentosis Ac Luxuriosis Nostri Seculi Conviviis et Commessationibus'', Marburg 1617 * ''Acroteleution Astrologicum'', Marburg 1618 * ''Morosophia Ioannis Roberti D. Iesuitae, In Refutatione Synarthroseos Goclenianae, Anno 1618'', Frankfurt 1619

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* ''Assertio Medicinae Universalis Adversus Universalem Vulgo jactatam'', Marburg 1620 * ''Synopsis Methodica Geometriae, Astronomiae, Astrologiae, Opticae & Geographiae'', Frankfurt 1620 * ''Physiognomica & Chiromantica Specialia'', Marburg 1621 Published after Goclenius' death: * ''Tractatus Physicus & Medicus: De Sanorum Diaeta'', Frankfurt 1621, 1645 * ''Experiment Buch'', Frankfurt 1623, 1642

ith a foreword by Theodor Christoph Goclenius The Ith () is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometres, is the longest line of crags in North Germany. Geography Location The Ith is immedia ...

* ''Mirabilium Naturae Liber'', Frankfurt 1625, 1643

ith a dedicatory letter by Theodor Christoph Goclenius The Ith () is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometres, is the longest line of crags in North Germany. Geography Location The Ith is immedia ...

* ''Physiognomica & Chiromantica Specialia'', Frankfurt 1625, Halle 1652 * ''Physiognomica Et Chiromantica Specialia'', Hamburg 1661 nlarged edition* ''Besondere Physiognomische und Chiromantische Anmerckungen'', Hamburg 1692

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