Das Vermögen eines Apothekers in der Frühen Neuzeit (Verlassenschaftsinventar des Jeremias Österreicher aus dem Jahr 1657)
The Inventory of a Chemist at the Beginning of Modern Period (The Will’s Inventory of Jeremias Österreicher from 1657)

Summary/Abstract: The research on the history of pharmaceutics and medicine in the Hungarian town of Sopron has already a long precedent. The complementary, interlocking threads of medical history, town history and social history research have a special area focusing on pharmacists and pharmacies. The fact that in 1625 there were already two pharmacies and later, at the middle of the 17th century three pharmacies were functioning in town, while their number increased to four up to 1676 also emphasized the important role pharmacists had in the urban and rural society. Our source offers a glimpse into the life and living circumstances of Jeremiás Östereicher, pharmacist of the „Arany Oroszlánhoz” (“To the Golden Lion”) pharmacy from the middle of the 17th century. In spite of the fact that he activated for a short while in the town of Sopron, we have a lot of information on his career due to his personal documents kept in the Archives of Sopron. Östereicher was born in the town of Strela near river Elba and he became a citizen on the 21st of February 1656. He died in October, in the same year beinga victim of the plague. His belongings were inventoried on the 8th February 1657. On the following pages I will publish this source – except the bibliography - in a word by word variant and in a transcription adequate to the generally accepted transcription rules in order to give a hand for the future interdisciplinary researches.

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