personal physicians

A personal physician is the family doctor of a high personality, for example, a politician, king, president, pope or lord. He is responsible for the welfare of his patients and must be available around the clock.

Some examples:

- Galen was personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, then of the Emperor's son Commodus, and later presumably of the emperor Septimius Severus;

- Jacob Nicholas Bording (1511-1560) was personal physician of Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and of King Christian III. of Denmark and Norway

- John Chamber was personal physician of the English King Henry VIII;

- Donatus von Freywaldt (1586-1640) was personal physician of the archbishop of Cologne, of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway and of Emperor Matthias.

- Johann Leberecht Schmucker (1712-1786), Johann Christian Anton Theden (1714-1793) and Johann Goercke (1750-1822) were personal physician of Frederick d.Gr.

- Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772) was from 1745 personal physician of Maria Theresa;

- Johann Friedrich Struensee was personal physician of the Danish King Christian VII;

- David Ferdinand Koreff was personal physician of Friedrich Wilhelm III. And Karl August von Hardenberg;

- Emil Ludwig Schmidt was personal physician of Alfred Krupp;

- Theo Morell was Adolf Hitler's personal physician;

- Mao's personal physician was called Li Zhi-Sui;

- Ibrahim Abdel Sattar al-Basri was personal physician of Saddam Hussein;

- The personal physician of the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Choedrak;

- The personal physician of Pope John Paul II was Renato Buzzonetti.
Translated from:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibarzt

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