Christoph Mangold

{{Short description|German physician and chemist (1719–1767)}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Christoph Andreas Mangold

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| birth_date = 1719

| birth_place = Erfurt

| death_date = 1767

| death_place = Erfurt

| nationality = German

| field = Medicine, anatomy, chemistry

| alma_mater = University of Erfurt

| work_institutions = University of Jena

| doctoral_advisor = Georg Erhard Hamberger{{cite web|url=http://www.ndsu.edu/chemistry/files/genealogy-web.pdf|title=Academic Genealogy of the NDSU Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology|publisher=North Dakota State University, USA|accessdate=March 16, 2012|archive-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211080217/https://www.ndsu.edu/chemistry/files/genealogy-web.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| notable_students = Ernst Gottfried Baldinger{{cite web|url=http://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=22107|title=Chemistry Tree profile: Ernst Gottfried Baldinger |publisher=|accessdate=July 9, 2012}}

| known_for = Medical diagnosis, studies of gunpowder and cinnabar

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Christoph Andreas Mangold (1719, Erfurt – 2 July 1767, Erfurt) [http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=919 The Mineralogical Record - Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200327/http://www.minrec.org/libdetail.asp?id=919 |date=2013-10-29 }} Generatione Fossilivm Figvratorvm, 1745 was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Jena, who also studied chemistry.

Christoph Mangold received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Erfurt in 1751.{{MathGenealogy|139734}} He was a member of the Academie der Wissenschaften of Erfurt.

Mangold is known for his studies of gunpowder and cinnabar as well as the idea that medical diagnosis should be based upon symptoms, laboratory tests, and comparisons with other patients.[http://web.as.uky.edu/Chemistry/Faculty/Bachas/Genealogy/genetable.html Listing of Bachas Scientific Ancestors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005210854/http://web.as.uky.edu/Chemistry/Faculty/Bachas/Genealogy/genetable.html |date=2011-10-05 }}, University of Kentucky, USA. He was notably the advisor of Ernst Gottfried Baldinger.