Johannes Jacob Wecker


Johannes Jacob Wecker was a Swiss physician and philosopher.
He worked as a doctor from 1566 and wrote a number of works about medicine, some of which were in both French and Latin. Doubtless fleeing accusations of sorcery, Wecker moved to Basel after having published Les Secrets de Wecker. For a number of years, he worked as a professor of logic at the local university.
He published Antidotarum generale, a work about alchemy. His work is known for the elaborate bibliography on chemistry-alchemy. He also reported the first known case of diphallia.
Wecker married the poet and culinary writer Anna Weckerin. Two years after the death of her husband, she arranged for the publication in Basel of Wecker's Antidotarium Speciale, ex. opt. authorum … scriptis fideliter congestum et amplius triente actum.

Works

Medicae Syntaxes, medicinam universam ordine pulcherrimo complectentes. Basileae, 1562 by the University and State Library DüsseldorfAntidotarium speciale. Cum duobus elenchis. Episcopius, 1574 / 1581 by the University and State Library DüsseldorfMedicinae utriusque syntaxes. Episcopius, 1582 by the University and State Library DüsseldorfKunstbuch Des Wolerfarnen Herren Alexii Pedemontani/ von mancherleyen nutzlichen unnd bewerten Secreten oder Künsten / jetzt newlich auß Welscher und Lateinischer Sprach in Teutsch gebracht/ durch Doctor Hanß Jacob Wecker/ Stattartzet zu Colmar. - Basel : König, 1616. by the University and State Library Düsseldorf Antidotarium generale et speciale. - Basileae : König / Genath, /