Johann Ludwig Choulant

A student of classical languages, he examined old works on medicine and produced an influential history of medical illustration which was translated into English by Mortimer Frank and others in 1920.

Choulant was born in Dresden, the son of a master cook in the service of Antony of Saxony.

[1] In 1822 he began work as a lecturer at the Königlich Chirurgisch-Medizinische Akademie (Royal Surgical-Medical Academy) in Dresden, where during the following year he became a professor of theoretical medicine.

In addition to his work involving the history of medicine, Choulant made many contributions to the Saxon Medizinalordnung (medical code).

In 1823 he began work as an associate editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Natur- und Heilkunde.