Martin Blochwich
Martin Blochwich (c. 1602 – 10 September 1629) was a German physician and author. He wrote the first book, "The Anatomy of the Elder", about the medicinal uses of the European elderberry tree ("Sambucus nigra"), which still is regarded as the standard text for the practice. School and studies. After his elementary school years in Großenhain, Blochwich was accepted by the Fürstenschule Schulpforta in Naumburg (Saale), where he obtained his university entrance qualification in 1622. He studied medicine at the Leipzig University until 1626. On 4 July 1626, the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel (Switzerland) awarded him  a doctorate degree. Life and work. After his studies, Blochwich worked temporary in Großenhain, where he may have also researched his comprehensive work "The Anatomy of the Elder". There are references to patients from Großenhain, which indicate this. In 1628 he settled in Oschatz. Early death. On 10 September 1629, Martin Blochwich died at the age of 26-27 in Oschatz. The cause of his death is unknown. Section::::"The Anatomy of the Elder". In this book, Blochwich described the cultivated plant in three units over 298 pages. The conditions include breast and uterine diseases, frostbite, tumours, infectious diseases, lung disease , stomach, intestines, spleen and gall bladder, mental illness, stroke and paralysis, tuberculosis, unclear fever and pain, poisonings, injuries, worm infestation and toothache. Memory honoured. On the occasion of the opening of the Elder Show Garden in Feldbach (Styria/Austria) a new elder variety previously known Klon B2 was renamed Blochwitz on 23 May 2013. Different spellings of the name. Blochwich's name has been spelt in several ways, which may have been due to the path taken by his book from Königsberg in East Prussia in 1642 to London in 1650 and the related translations. The name has been written  as Blockwich, Blockwitz, Blochwich and Blochwitz.