STAHL, Georg Ernst (1660 – 1734)
1660 – 1734
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1702 CE
#5823
Propempticon inaugurale, De fistula lacrimali. Published as addendum to: LANGE, ERNST CHRISTIAN. Disputatio inauguralis medica de affectibus oculorum in genere… sub praesidio… Stahl.
Stahl was the first to treat lacrimal fistula on the basis of correct anatomical understanding. He described his treatment in an addendum to the thesis on eye disease of his student, Lange.
1708 CE
#582
Theoria medica vera.
Stahl tried to explain vital phenomena by mystical means. He was the head of the so-called Animistic School which explained disease as caused by misdirected activities on the part of the soul. A three-volume German tr…
1724 CE
#6016
Ausführliche Abhandlung von den Zufällen und Kranckheiten des Frauenzimmers.
1730 CE
#3421
De motus hemorrhoidalis, et fluxus hemorrhoidum.
An early work specifically on hemorrhoids.
1859 CE–1864 CE
#70
Oeuvres médico-philosophiques et pratiques. 6 vols.
Stahl was responsible for the re-introduction of the idea of a “sensitive soul”, propounded by van Helmont. The Stahlian “animism” considered the body to be composed of passive or “dead&r…