Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer was a Swiss physician and natural scientist born in Zürich. His most famous work was the Physica sacra in four volumes, a commentary on the Bible that presented his view of the
J. J. Scheuchzer in 1731, aged 59
Physica sacra: The creation of man – and an individual's development, from fertilization to death
Herbarium diluvianum
Illustration of critique of Piscium querelae et vindiciae published in Acta Eruditorum, 1709
Andrias scheuchzeri
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Andrias scheuchzeri is an extinct species of giant salamander belonging to the genus Andrias, which also contains the closely related living Asian giant salamanders. It is known from Oligocene to Plio
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
…A fossil from Ohningen that he identified as a human drowned by the Flood was later shown to be a Miocene salamander, which was named after him as Andrias scheuchzeri. The son of the namesake senior town physician (Archiater) of Zürich and Barbara Fäsi, daughter of the principal of the Latin school, he received his…
Andrias scheuchzeri Scheuchzer specimen 2
Specimen in Germany
Restoration