Christoph Andreas Mangold | |
Birth Date: | 1719 |
Birth Place: | Erfurt |
Death Date: | 1767 |
Death Place: | Erfurt |
Nationality: | German |
Field: | Medicine, anatomy, chemistry |
Alma Mater: | University of Erfurt |
Work Institutions: | University of Jena |
Doctoral Advisor: | Georg Erhard Hamberger[1] |
Notable Students: | Ernst Gottfried Baldinger[2] |
Known For: | Medical diagnosis, studies of gunpowder and cinnabar |
Christoph Andreas Mangold (1719, Erfurt - 2 July 1767, Erfurt) [3] was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Jena, who also studied chemistry.
Christoph Mangold received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Erfurt in 1751. He was a member of the Academie der Wissenschaften of Erfurt.[3] Mangold is known for his studies of gunpowder and cinnabar as well as the idea that medical diagnosis should be based upon symptoms, laboratory tests, and comparisons with other patients.[4] He was notably the advisor of Ernst Gottfried Baldinger.