Jean-Jacques Manget

Jean-Jacques Manget (1652-1742) was a Swiss physician and writer. He was an assiduous compiler of previous medical literature. [See [http://www.haraldfischerverlag.de/hfv/index_mf_deutsch.html?/hfv/AEL/ael_3-20_einleitung.htm] (German language).]

He wrote in particular a major treatise on the bubonic plague. He is known also for a large collection of alchemical works, the "Bibliotheca Curiosa Chemica" from 1702. [See [http://www.levity.com/alchemy/manget.html] for a listing of the 143 works collected there. The named authors include: Nathan Albineus, Arnoldus de Villa Nova, Aristoteles, Artephius, Joannes Aurelius Augurellus, Avicenna, Rogerius Baco, Christianus Adolphus Balduinus, Joannes Joachim Becher, Nicolaus Bernaudus, Salomon de Blauvenstein, Petrus Bonus, Olaus Borrichius, Joannes Braceschus, Calid, Robertus Castrensis, Gabriel Clauder, Andreas Cnöffelius, Joannes Dausten, Gerard Dorn, d'Espagnet, Petrus Joannes Faber, Joannes Chrysippus Fanianus, Marsilius Ficinus, Joannes Franciscus Picus Mirandula, Nicolaus Flamellus, Melchior Friben, Geber, Joannes Gerhardus, Claudius Germain, Joannes Grasseus alias Cortalasseus, Guido de Montanor, Johannes Fridericus Helvetius, Joannes Ferdinandus Hertodt, Theobaldus de Hoghelande, Joannes de Rupescissa, Gulielmus Johnsonus, Athanasius Kircher, W. C. Kriegsmann, Joel Langelottus, Ludovicus de Comitibus, Raymundus Lullius, Carolus Cæsar Malvasius, Daniel Georg Morhof, Thomas Northon, Orthelius, Pantaleon, Philalethes, Morienus Romanus, Richardus Anglicus, Georgius Ripleus, Philippus Jacobus Sachs, Michael Sendivogius, Daniel Stolcius de Stolcenberg, Bernardus Trevisanus, Guilielmus Trognianus, Basilius Valentinus, Dionysius Zacharias, Zadith.]

Works

*"Bibliotheca Curiosa Chemica", two volumes (1702)
*"Traité de la peste recueilli des meilleurs auteurs anciens et modernes" (Geneva, 1721) [http://whqlibdoc.who.int/rare-books/a56993.pdf online as PDF, 28Mb download]

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