Thomas Jordanus Clausemburgensis (1539/40-1585/86)
Thomas Jordanus Clausemburgensis (1539/40-1585/86)

Summary/Abstract: Thomas Jordanus (1539/40 ‒ 1585/86) was born in Cluj, where he also completed the first schools. His career path took him to European universities. From 1555, he started his peregrinatio academica, which ended in 1566: Wittenberg - 1556, Paris - 1560, Montpellier – 1561; Basel - 1562, then Italy - Padua, Pisa, Bologna, Rome, and finally - Vienna. From 1562, he started using the name ”Thomas Jordanus medicus Transylvanus, later also „clausemburgensis“, referring to Cluj, his birthplace. He completed his studies with defending the philosophy doctoral thesis, in 1599; in 1566, he defended his doctoral thesis in medicine in Vienna. He chose to live and carry out his activity in Moravia. At the beginning of his activity as a physician, he also reached the battlefield in the campaign against the Turks in Komárno. He entered specialised historiography by the numerous printed reference treatises: Morbus Brunnogallicus seu Luis novae in Moravia exortae Descriptio, Pestis Phaenomena, De aquis medicatis Moraviae commentariolus and others. In Moravia, where he chosed to live, he obtained the position of ”protomedicus” on his merit. He contributed to the development of a new medical field – balneology and enriched the medical vocabulary with specialised terms. The importance of Thomas Jordanus's research lies in the fact that, based on his practical activity, he achieved important scientific results which he also published to the use of his contemporaries.

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