Johann Emanuel Veith

Johann Emanuel Veith (* July 10, 1787 in Kuttenplan, Cheb, † November 6, 1876 in Vienna) was a physician and clergyman author of numerous religious and medical but also poetic works.

Life and work

Veith was born the son of a Jewish rabbi. After secondary school and studying medicine and veterinary medicine in Prague, he took up a teaching position at the imperial Thierarzney Institute in Vienna, where he - now Professor - presided as director five years.

In Vienna, he became leading figures of the Vienna Catholic renewal know, including Clement Maria Hofbauer, as his doctor he was. Baptized in 1816, he studied theology in 1817 and entered the Redemptorist he years later ( 1830) left again. Also, as a priest, he remained active as a physician. He was a zealous advocate of homeopathy during a cholera epidemic. Recognition he found out as a preacher and was from 1831 to 1845 preacher at St. Stephen's in Vienna.

Veith was co-founder of the Austrian " Catholic Association" in 1848, and a member of the Christian Socialist movement in Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century.

In addition to his extensive work as an author, he was editor of numerous religious magazines and paperbacks (such as " Lydia", Philosophical Yearbook, 5 volumes from 1849 to 1854, along with his longtime friend Anton Günther ).

In 1877 in Vienna Landstrasse (3rd district) was named the Veithgasse after him.

Works

• Systematic description of the principal in Austria wild, or in ordinary gardens Arzneygewächse, with special attention to the new oesterreichische Provincial Pharmacopoeia for studi Rende physicians, surgeons and Pharmaceuten at the University of Vienna. Geistinger, Vienna 1813 ( digitized version of the University and State Library Dusseldorf ).
• Homiletic presentations for Sundays and feast days. 7 volumes. Vienna 1831-1855 ( digitized the Bavarian State Library ).

• The Brandenburg Gate. Singspiel. Music ( 1814): Giacomo Meyerbeer. Premiere in 1991.