Gerbezius, Marcus [Marko Gerbec]

1. Dates

Born: St. Vid, near Sticna, Slovenia, 24 Oct 1658

Died: Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9 Mar 1718

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan: 60

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

Said to have been of modest means (which I translate as poor.

3. Nationality

Birth: Slovene (which I list as Jugoslav)

Career: Slovene

Death: Slovene

4. Education

Schooling: Vienna, Padua, Bologna, M.D., Ph.D.

A government scholarship enabled him to study philosophy at Ljubljana, then medicine in Vienna, Padua, and Bologna. I assume B.A.

MD and PhD Bologna 1684.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic 6. Discipline: medicine, chemistry.

In chemistry, he was concerned with fermentation.

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: None

7. Means of Support

Primary: 7. Support: Med, Government

Was city physician in Krain, near Ljubljana and physician to some monasteries.

Named chief physician of province of Carniola (in Slovenia).

Became most sought-after practitioner in Ljubljana.

8. Patronage

Type: Unknown

The scholarship from the government and those appointments were not gained without patronage.

9. Technological Involvement

Type: Medical Practice

10. Scientific Societies

Membership: Academia Leopoldina

formal: 1688 admitted to Academia Leopoldina Naturae Curiosorum.

1701, founding member of Academia Operosorum in Ljubljana (president 1712 -1713).

Sources

1. H. Tartalja, "Der slowenische Arzt Dr. Marko Gerbec als Vorgänger der Fermentationslehre," in Vorträge der Hauptversammulng der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Pharmazie (Rotterdam, 1963), (Stuttgart, 1965), pp 173 -180 Medicinska enciklopedija.

Not Available and Not Consulted

1. I. Pintar, "Dr. Marko Gerbec," Razprave. Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, classis IV, pars medica, 3 (1963), 1 - 40 -- contains a review of biographical literature.
2. N. Flaxman, "The History of Heart-Block," Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine, 5 (1937), 115-30.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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