Georg Wolfgang Wedel


Georg Wolfgang Wedel was a German professor of surgery, botany, theoretical and practical medicine, and chemistry.

Biography

Wedel was born in Golßen, Niederlausitz, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Jena in 1669.
He published research on alchemy and pharmaceutical chemistry. He studied the plating of copper onto iron using a solution of copper sulfate and volatile salts obtained from plants. Wedel also invented new medicines and produced a translated German edition of the Greek Bible.
Wedel's sons, Ernst Heinrich Wedel and Johann Adolph Wedel were also physicians.

Works

Georgii Wolffgangi Wedelii pharmacia acroamatica. Bielcke / Krebs, Jenae 1686 by the University and State Library DüsseldorfSyllabus Materiae Medicae Selectioris. Bielcke / Krebs, Jenae 1701 of the University and State Library Düsseldorf.Georgii Wolffgangi Wedelii amoenitates materiae medicae.Bielcke, Jenae; Werther, Jenae 1704 of the University and State Library Düsseldorf.Georgii Wolffgangi Wedelii compendium chimiae, theoreticae et practicae, methodo analyticae propositae. Bielcke / Krebs, Jenae 1715 by the University and State Library Düsseldorf