Johann Daniel Mylius

Illustration from Mylius' 1628 Anatomia auri

Illustration from Mylius' 1618 Opus medico-chymicum

Johann Daniel Mylius (c. 1583 – 1642) was a composer for the lute, and writer on alchemy. Born at Wetter in present-day Hesse, Germany, he went on to study theology and medicine at the University of Marburg. He was the brother-in-law and pupil of (1568–1613).^[1]

In 1616, while still a medical student, Mylius published 's Iatrochymicus.^[2] The Opus medico-chymicum, Mylius' own alchemical work, was published two years later. He is known for the collection Thesaurus gratiarum (1622) of pieces for the lute.^[3] In the same year his Philosophia Reformata was published.^[4] Mylius was the personal physician of and his patrons included Maurice and Frederick Henry of Nassau.

Works[]

• Opus medico-chymicum. 1618.
• Antidotarium. 1620.
• Philosophia reformata. 1622.
• Anatomia auri. 1628.
• Danielis Milii Pharmacopoeae spagyricae, sive Practicae universalis Galeno-chymicae libri duo. - Francofurti : Schönwetter, 1628. digital edition

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• Recolored emblems from Philosophia reformata

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