Johann Ferdinand Hertodt
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Johann Ferdinand Hertodt von Todtenfeld (1645–1724) was a German physician and writer, born in the town Nikolsburg, today Mikulov
in Moravia
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He is known for his 1671 work Crocologia, entirely devoted to saffron
. He was also an alchemical writer, in the Epistolam contra Philalethem, a botanical and geological in Tartaro-Mastix Moraviae (1669), and a medical in Opus mirificum sextae diei (1670).
Mikulov
Mikulov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 7,608 . It is located directly on the border with Lower Austria. Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly area and the three Nové Mlýny reservoirs...
in Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
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He is known for his 1671 work Crocologia, entirely devoted to saffron
Saffron
Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus. Crocus is a genus in the family Iridaceae. Each saffron crocus grows to and bears up to four flowers, each with three vivid crimson stigmas, which are each the distal end of a carpel...
. He was also an alchemical writer, in the Epistolam contra Philalethem, a botanical and geological in Tartaro-Mastix Moraviae (1669), and a medical in Opus mirificum sextae diei (1670).