title: [Postal communications: medicine in the correspondence of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672--1733)].
abstract: This article examines different aspects of the history of medicine in the correspondence of the Swiss physician and scientist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672--1733) from Zurich. The focus is on three different levels: persons, contents and functions. On all three levels we can observe that "medicine" takes in some way part of the res publica litteraria. The international correspondence network of Scheuchzer can be seen as a crucial "multiplicator" of communication within the scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Hausener Weg 120, D-60489 Frankfurt am Main. kempe@mpier.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kempe
mesh_terms: D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history*; D006663:Historiography; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D010811:Natural Science Disciplines / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland