Two Jewish Physicians in Early Modern Germany: Koppel (Jacob) Mehler (AKA Copilius Pictor) and his son Juda Coppillia Pictor = Zwei jüdische Ärzte im frühneuzeitlichen Deutschland: Koppel (Jacob) Mehler (alias Copilius Pictor) und sein Sohn Juda Coppillia Pictor
The Mehler family was a distinguished German family from Bingen in the 17 th and 18 th centuries comprised of numerous rabbis and communal leaders. In this essay we draw attention to the physicians of the Mehler clan, a father and son in the late 17 th and early 18 th centuries. Though graduating ju...
| Subtitles: | "Themenheft: 'Fraktale Räume und jüdische Lebensformen während der Frühen Neuzeit' (Hg. von Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein und Sabine Ullmann)" Zwei jüdische Ärzte im frühneuzeitlichen Deutschland: Koppel (Jacob) Mehler (alias Copilius Pictor) und sein Sohn Juda Coppillia Pictor |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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Aschkenas
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 167-193 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mehler, Koppel 1658-1741
/ Pictor, Juda Coppillia 1695-1743
/ Germany
/ Jews
/ Medical studies
/ Universitas Artistarum (Padua)
/ Universität Heidelberg
/ History 1690-1735
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism KBB German language area KBJ Italy TJ Modern history ZF Education |
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| Summary: | The Mehler family was a distinguished German family from Bingen in the 17 th and 18 th centuries comprised of numerous rabbis and communal leaders. In this essay we draw attention to the physicians of the Mehler clan, a father and son in the late 17 th and early 18 th centuries. Though graduating just forty years apart, they represent the transition of the medical training of students of Ashkenaz (Poland, Germany, and France) from Italy to Germany. Prior to the mid seventeenth century, a young Jewish student longing to attend medical school had essentially one option, the University of Padua. By the early eighteenth-century German universities began to welcome Jewish students. Our father and son physicians straddle this period and reflect the transition of Jewish medical training from Italy to Germany. We have identified some remarkable archival material allowing us to provide also an illustrated history of their medical careers. |
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| ISSN: | 1865-9438 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Aschkenas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/asch-2022-2012 |