A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Staudenheim, Jacob

by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

STAUDENHEIM, Jacob Ritter von—who was Beethoven's medical man during his last years—born at Mainz 1764, died at Vienna, May 17, 1830, was one of the most distinguished physicians of his time. He studied in Paris, Augsburg, and Vienna, where, after two years practice in Hungary, he settled. He early gained the favour of the Harrach family, which introduced him to an extensive practice among the highest ranks of the Austrian nobility. In 1826 he treated the Emperor Franz so successfully, as to be appointed physician to the Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon and Marie Louise.

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