Košický lekár Fridrich Jakub Fuker (1749 – 1805) je autorom prác s lekárskou tematikou, ale aj prác zo spoločenského života. Okrem lekárskej praxe vlastnil aj lekáreň a s tým súvisí jeho krátky spis o univerzálnej preventívnej tinktúre. Autor tvrdí, že neexistuje univerzálny liek, ale zato je možné pripraviť univerzálny preventívny prostriedok, ktorý sa hodí pre každého, pre každý vek a pohlavie. Fuker avizoval, že pripraví takú tinktúru a tá bude k dispozícii v jeho lekárni spolu s informáciou o používaní. Jej zloženie však neprezradil, pretože vraj každý lekár znalý veci príde na to sám. Univerzálnou tinktúrou opustil Fuker racionálnu medicínu, možno trpel involučnou depresiou, alebo jednal ako obchodník.

Fridrich Jakub Fuker (1749–1805), a physician from Košice, is the author of works on medical topics, as well as works on social life. In addition to his medical practice, he also owned a pharmacy, and his short work on a universal preventive tincture is related to this. The author argues that there is no universal medicine, but it is possible to prepare a universal preventive preparation suitable for everyone, every age and sex. Fuker has announced that he will prepare such a tincture, available in his pharmacy, along with information on its use. However, he did not divulge its composition, as supposedly, any physician knowledgeable in the matter would figure it out on his own. With the universal tincture, Fuker abandoned rational medicine, perhaps suffering from involutional depression or acting as a salesman.

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Friedrich Jakub Fuker and his universal preventive tincture