1689 - Crato von Crafftheim (Krafftheim), J.

Crato von Crafftheim (Krafftheim), J. In Cl. Galeni’s divine books on therapeutic methods: A systematic summary, in which … obscure passages are explained, and those that were previously criticized are confirmed, as the reader will see. Basel, P. Perna, 1563. [12] leaves, 431 p. Boards (modern). Some mild browning and foxing, but in very good condition. On Luther’s advice, C. decided to study medicine, which he began in 1543 in Leipzig, where he became friends with Joachim Camerarius, and continued in Padua as a student of the famous Johannes Baptista Montanus. C. became city physician in Breslau in 1550 and, beginning in 1560, served as imperial personal physician to Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, and Rudolf II, in that order. Maximilian II appointed him to the Imperial Council and ennobled him. C. enjoyed the emperor’s deep trust, which he used to benefit his fellow believers. (Bibliographic-Biographical Church Lexicon.) - 116.