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Matthias Flacius Illyricus iunior, philosopher, physician (Braunschweig, 12 September 1547–Rostock, 27 April 1593). He studied philosophy and medicine in Straßburg. In year 1574 he was enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine in Rostock, and seven years later, in 1581, he becomes doctor medicinae. He was professor of philosophy, and since 1592 professor of practical medicine at University of Rostock. He wrote several medico-philosophical works.

WORKS: Elegia de febri, 1571; Amolito XX. errorum, quos Heshusius Illyrico falso obiicit. Examen novae D. Musaei de peccato orginali sententiae, Islebiae, 1572; Aestimatio materiae medicae utriusque generis, 1574; De valetudine conservanda theses Rostochii, Excudebat Iacobus Lucius Transylvanus, 1574; Tabulae in dialecticam. Continentes praecepta ad finem artis maxime necessaria, Rostochium, 1579; Disputatio physica, complectens causas longae et brevis vitae, omnibus viventibus Commentariorum physicorum de vita et morte libri quattuor, Francoforti ad Moenum, 1584; Comentariorum physicorum de vita et morte, libri quattuor, in quibus ea, quae eiusdem argumenti ab Aristotele et Galeno, caeterisque tum Philosophis tum Medicis brevis sparsim obscuriusve traditia sunt, expeditiori methodo copiosius explicantur, Francoforti ad Moenum, 1584; Propositiones continentes demonstrationem quattor elementorum, Ignis, Aeris, Aquae et Terre, Rostochii, 1589; XVIII. Disputationes partim physicae partim medicae. In academia Rostochiensi propositae a Matthia Flacio… Quarum catalogum invenies post epistolam dedicatorum, Rostochii, 1591; Themata de odoribus et saporibus ad publicam disputationem a Matthia Flacio… de quibus, Respondens Daniele Cramero, Rostochii, 1591; Opus logicum in Organon Aristotelis Stagiritae, summi philosophi omniumque peripateticorum facile principis absolutissimum et tam docentibus quam discentibus utilissimum sane ac per quam necessarium. Constans Libris XIII. Nempe: Logicae generalis libris VI, Apodictices Libris IIII, Dialectices Libris IIII, Francoforti, 1593; Themata de concoctione et eruditate, Rostochium, 1594; Disputationes XVIII. partim physicae, partim medicae, Ed. 2, Rostochium, 1594, 1602, 1603; Commentariorum physicorum de vita et morte libri IIII: in quibus eiusdam argumenti ab Aristotele et Galeno, caeterisque tradita sunt: expeditiori methodo copiosius explicantur…, Lubecae, 1616.

LITERATURE: M. Grmek, "Matthias Flacius Illirycus jun., medicinae doctor et in Rostochiensium academia professor", Liječnički vjesnik 79 (1947), 394–395; L. Mohorović, "Matija Vlačić Ilirik Mlađi: profesor philosophiae & logicae Aristotelis i profesor praktične medicine", in M. Miladinov (ed.), Matija Vlačić Ilirik III, Zbornik radova s trećeg međunarodnog znanstvenog skupa "Matija Vlačić Ilirik", Grad Labin, Labin, 2012, 334–342.