Johannes Scherbius
Johannes Scherbius was a German physician and botanist.
In 1790 he obtained his doctorate of medicine at Jena, later working as a physician in his hometown of Frankfurt. In Frankfurt, he was associated with the Senckenberg Institute.
With Philipp Gottfried Gaertner and Bernhard Meyer, he was co-author of "Oekonomisch-technische Flora der Wetterau", a three-volume work that was a source of scientific names for numerous plants.Published works
- "Dissertatio inauguralis medica de Lysimachiae purpureae sive Lythri salicariae Linn. virtute medicinali non dubia", Jenae, Ex Officina Fiedleriana.
- "Commentationis de sanguinis missione in febribus intermittentibus",.
- Oekonomisch-technische Flora der Wetterau, ; vol. 2 ; vol. 3 ; vol. 3 ;.
- Pharmakopoe und Arznei-Taxe für das bei der hiesigen Armen-Anstalt angestellte medicinische Personale,.
