Feb 24 2008
Johann Martin Honigberger
(1795 – 1869)

Johann Martin Honigberger ( 1795-1869 ) – farmacist sas din Brasov, ajuns medic de curte al maharajahului Ranjit Singh (Lahore). Timp de 50 ani a strabatut drumurile Asiei, Europei si Africii, a avut o viata plina de aventuri si cu multe actiuni de pionerat.
A introdus pentru prima data in India tratamentul homeopatic al dr Samuel Hahnemann.
A publicat multe scrieri, articole in Romania, India, Anglia, Austria, Franta, USA.
In 1852 a publicat la Londra, New York, Calcutta volumul Thirty-Five Years in the East. Adventures, Discoverries, Experiments, and Historical Sketches, relating to the Punjab and Cashmere; in connection with Medicine, Botany, Pharmacy, &c. together with an original Materia Medica; and a Medical Vocabulary in Four European and Five Eastern Languages by John Martin Honigberger, Late Physician to the court of Lahore, care a avut in continuare mai multe reeditari.
In Romania volumul a aparut in traducere sub titllul Treizeci si cinci de ani in Orient - Johann Martin Honigberger, in 2004 la Editura Polirom, Iasi