Johann Ferdinand Hertodt

Johann Ferdinand Hertodt von Todtenfeld (1645-1724) [Dates from [http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/historie/hist_1.htm] (Czech language); name is given there as Hertod.] was a German physician and writer, born in Niclasbourg, Moravia.

He is known for his 1671 work "Crocologia", entirely devoted to saffron. He was also an alchemical writer, in the "Epistolam contra Philalethem" [He used a pseudonym, Orpheus. See for his inclusion in a 1670 collection.] , a botanical and geological in "Tartaro-Mastix Moraviae" (1669) [ Chapter available online [http://www.speleo.marvec.org/doc/mastix.pdf] : PDF in Latin and Czech.] , and a medical in "Opus mirificum sextae diei" (1670).

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