Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza
Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza | |
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Born | Copenhagen, Dano-Norwegian Realm | 26 November 1756
Died | 6 April 1844 Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark | (aged 87)
Children | Christian de Meza |
Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza (November 26, 1756 – April 6, 1844) was a Danish physician and author.
Early life
De Meza was born in Copenhagen in 1756. He was the son of the physician Christian de Meza , with whom he embraced Christianity in 1783. In the same year he graduated as M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, and became a member of the Royal Medical Society.
Career
From 1784 until his death he practised medicine in Elsinore.
Meza published essays in medical journals. He also wrote a drama, Dormon og Vilhelmine that was produced at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, in 1796.
Personal life
Meza's son, Christian Julius de Meza (1792–1865), was a general in the Danish army during the Second Schleswig War.
Selected bibliography
- Tractatio de quibusdam notabilioribus objectis ad artem obstetricandi spectantibus. Copenhagen: Christian Gottlob Proft. 1783.
- "De Graviditate Mixta Observatio". Acta Regiæ Societatis Med. Hafniensis. 1: 442–450.
- "Relatio Febris Tertianæ Intermittentis Epidemicæ Anno 1784 Grassantis". Observationes Medico-Practicæ Quinque. 2: 197–213.
- "En Sjælden og Abnormal Tvillingfödsel". Bibliothek for Læger. 9: 41–43. 1821. Appeared afterward in Bulletin des sciences médicales (January, 1830) and in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences (no. 12, 1830).
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Cramer, Frank (1904). "Meza, Christian Jacob Theophilus de". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 530.
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