Zaluzansky ze Zaluzan, Adam

1. Dates

Born: Mnichovo Hradiste, Bohemia, between 1555 and 1560

Died: Prague, 8 December 1613

Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain

Lifespan: 55

2. Father

Occupation: Estate Administrator

His father was a secretary in Mnichovo Hradiste and superintendent of the estate, Ptejrov, nearby. The fathers of Marci and Willis (and perhaps others that I will need to look for) had this status, and I have created the category "Estate Administrat or" to cover them.

No information on finanical status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Czechoslovakian

Career: Czechoslovakian

Death: Czechoslovakian

4. Education

Schooling: Prague (Charles), M.A.; Helmstedt, M.D.

1581, B.A. at the Charles University in Prague.

1584, M.A. at the Charles University.

1587, M.D. at Helmstedt.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Protestant

He was an Utraquist, a denomination descended from Huss.

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Botany, Medicine, Pharmacology

Subordinate: Mathematics, Astronomy

Methodi herbariae libri tres, (Prague, 1592). Republished in Frankfurt in 1604. In this work Zaluzansky discussed the concept that plants have sex. However, he did not recognize male and female sexes in plants, but held rather that plants have a s eparate, mixed sex.

Rad Apotekarsky (Pharmaceutical Order), 1592. This book resulted from Zaluzansky's work as supervisor of pharmacy in the Old City of Prague.

Cena neb vymereni vseck lekarstvi (Prices or Standards of All Medicine), 1596, 1604, 1659, 1699, 1737. In Czech, German, and French.

Galenumet vicenam libri VII. An attack on old-fashioned superstitions in medicine and a plea for a return to the natural way of healing. The work was dedicated to Emperor Rudolf II.

Zaluzansky was also a classical scholar and a poet.

7. Means of Support

Primary: Academia, Medicine

Secondary: Schoolmastering, Government

1585-6, Headmaster of a school in Kraluv Hradec.

1587, lecturer at Charles University in Greek classical literature.

1589, Dean of Charles University.

1591, Professor of Greek literature and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy.

1593, Rector of Prague University.

His book on Pharmaceutical Order, which stemmed from duties as supervisor of pharmacy for the Old City of Prague, was published in 1592. I do not know other details about this position.

1594, Zaluzansky married and was, as a result, dismissed from the university, which required celibacy in its faculty. Zaluzansky then established a successful medical practice in the Old City of Prague.

1595, Headmaster of Svaty Jindrich school in Prague. He apparently took on this position to supplement his income after he was forced to resign from the university.

Zaluzansky died during an epidemic of the plague and is buried in Bethlehem Chapel.

8. Patronage

Types: Court Official, Aristrocrat

Emperor Rudolf, to whom Zaluzansky dedicated a book, knighted him.

For Vilem of Rozmberg, a prominent aristocrat, Zaluzansky created a large botanical garden called "Kratochvile."

Count of Lüneburg and Count of Braunschweig, for whom he performed work similar to that for Vilem of Rozmberg.

9. Technological Involvement

Types: Medical Practice, Pharmacology

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Zaluzansky had close relations with specialists in medicine--Adam Hubr of Ryzmpach, and Mat. Borbonius and Theodor Sixtus of Ottersdorf--and with a prosecution lawyer, Jachym of Technice.

Sources

1. L. Celakovsky, "Adam Zaluzansky ze Saluzan ve svem pomeru k Nauce o pohlavi rostlin," Ostveta, 6 (1876), 33-54.
2. Ottuv slovnik naucny, (Prague, 1908), 27, 413-14.

Not Available and Not Consulted

1. K. Pejml, "Adam Zaluzansky de Saluzany, sa personalité et son oeuvre en tenant compte de son ourvage Methodi herbariae libri tres," Summa dissertationum facultati rerum naturalium Universitati Carolinae anno 1946, no. 183, (Prague, 1948), pp. 11-13.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University