These works, many of which remained unpublished, clearly show that the peaks of Tockler’s intellectual production were concomitant with his two major career steps in 1503 and in 1510. Besides this group of works, there are the textbooks produced for his intensive teaching activity at the university. Tockler seems to have been particularly active in the production of these kinds of works, which testifies to the relevance of his public profile in the city of Leipzig, especially between 15. It is well known that most of these kinds of prints had a limited life and were mostly destroyed or their paper re-used once their dates of validity had passed. Footnote 2 He authored quite a number of judicia, almanacs, and practica in Latin, German, and Czech. There is no encompassing bibliography of Tockler.

Footnote 1 It remained operative at least until the eighteenth century (Rabl 1909, 2). The chair was named in honor of the deceased professor: the Tockleriana (Doppelmayr 1730, 36 Schmidt-Thieme 2002). Upon his death, as he had no living heir, Tockler’s possessions were confiscated by the Duke, who then opened a third chair for medicine-a chair in physiology alias theoretical medicine-by using the finances acquired from this confiscation.

He had to leave the university in 1518, apparently because of drug abuse, but was finally re-admitted to the university as a professor under the aegis of Duke George of Saxony (1471–1539) (Kreussler 1810, 45 Grosse 1839, 1, 309). His shining moments arrived after graduation, first when he joined the faculty of medicine as a professor, and then when he was appointed Rector magnificus of the entire university in 1512. In 1502, he earned the degree of Magister artium, and in 1510 he finished his medical studies. His first contact with the university took place at the age 13, when he matriculated at Leipzig (Erler 1895–1902, 1, 398), and he remained in this city until his death. Conrad Tockler (1470–1530) was born in Nuremberg-for this reason he went by “Noricus”-and came from a well-to-do family.

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