Theodor Caroli


Theodor Caroli was a German physician from Württemberg and a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Life

Theodor Caroli was the son of Eva Maria Simoniusin and Andreas Caroli, princely Württemberg councilor and abbot in St. Georgen. Theodor Caroli studied medicine in Tübingen. He was initially a town physician in Urach, Duchy of Württemberg. He was then appointed physician of the city and area of Löwenberg. On 29 September 1688 Theodor Caroli was admitted to the Leopoldina as a member with the nickname NEPTUNUS. He died at the age of 30 just two years after the recording. Among other things, he worked on the “Blutschwamm” that grew on the oak tree.

Work

  • Theodor Caroli: From some special oak sponges, in: The Roman Imperial Academy of Natural Scientists selected Medicinisch = surgical = anatomical = chymical = and botanical treatises, 17th part with coppers, LV: perception; Wolfgang Schwarzkopf Nuremberg 1768

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