Christoph  von  Hellwig,  Helwig,  or  Helbig,  He  wrote  thirty-one  books  and  half-a-dozen
brother  of  Johann  Otto,  was  born  at  Colin  on  the  tracts  in  his  own  name  on  medicine,  surgery,
Losse,  or  Colleda,  in  Thuringia,  15  July,  1663,  anatomy,  botany,  pharmacy,  physics,  &c.  One  of
went  to  Jena  in  1681,  and  made  great  progress  in  the  most  interesting  of  these  has  the  title  :  Anmu-
medicine,  when  he  was  induced  by  his  brother  to  thige  Berg-Historien  worinnen  die  Eigenschafften
accompany  him  on  the  journeys  he  was  obliged  to  und  Nutz  der  Metallen,  Mineralien,  Erden,  Edel-
undertake  as  a  physician.  He  returned  to  Jena  und  andrer  Steine  beschrieben,  nebst  curiosen  Re-
tor  a  brief  period  and  then  went  to  Erfurt  in  1685,  lationen,  was  vor  denckwiirdige  Sachen  an  unter-
and  attended  the  courses  of  Vesti,  Leichner,  and  schiedenen  Orten  ubci- HndunterderErden,vornehi>i-
Hartenfelss,  and  appeared  on  four  occasions  in  tick  in  der  Baumanns-  Hole  und  Brockets-  Bergezu
public  disputations.  sehen,  Leipzig,  1702.  He  appeared  under  the

In  1688  after  passing  the  examination  as  Candi-  pseudonyms      Valentin      Krautermann,      Gaspar

datus  Medicinse,  he  began  practice  at  Weissensee.  Schroeder,  and  Constant  Aletophilus  Herzberger,

In    1693  he    removed   to  Franckenhausen  on  the  and  he  edited  works  by  his  brother,  by  Sebastian

Kyffhauser,  and  on  the  28  June  held  his  inaugural  Wirdig,    Francken   von    Franckenau,  Cardilucius,

disputation  for  the  licentiateship,  under  the  pre-  Conrad  Kunrath,  and  others.
