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Jan Edward Aleksander Matuszyński (Warsaw, 14 December 1808 – 20 April 1842, Paris) was a Polish physician and close friend, in Warsaw and Paris, of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.

Life

Jan Matuszyński's father, Jan Fryderyk Matuszyński (1768–1831), was a physician and surgeon and head of Warsaw's Lutheran Hospital.^[1]

Jan Matuszyński, a native of Warsaw, befriended Chopin whilst attending the Warsaw Lyceum, where he was taught by Chopin's father, Nicolas Chopin. Matuszyński came from a musical family; he himself played the flute, and his brother Leopold (1820–93) became an opera tenor and director.^[1]

From 1827 Jan studied medicine at the University of Warsaw. During the November 1830–31 Uprising he served as a medic with the Polish forces, in the 5th Mounted Rifles, and won the order of Virtuti Militari.^[1]

Following the suppression of the Uprising he went into exile in Germany, eventually graduating in medicine at the University of Tübingen.^[1]

Emigrating to Paris in 1834, he for more than two years^[2]^[3] shared Chopin's apartment in the Chaussée d'Antin and gave him medical advice.^[1]

He took a further medical degree in Paris, specializing in physiology, and married a Frenchwoman, Caroline Boquet.^[1]

In 1837 he published a treatise, De l'influence du nerf sympathique sur les fonctions des sens (On the Influence of the Sympathetic Nervous System on the Functions of the Senses).^[4]

Matuszyński died of tuberculosis. In his last days, Chopin and George Sand cared for him at the rooms they shared in the rue Pigalle. Sand wrote that he "died in our arms after a slow and cruel agony, which caused Chopin as much suffering as if it had been his own. He [Chopin] was strong, courageous and devoted... but when it was over he was shattered."^[4]

Matuszyński was buried in the Cemetery of Montmartre.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Sikorski (n.d.)
^ Walker, Alan (2018). Fryderyk Chopin, a life and times. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 298. ISBN 978-0374159061.
^ Chopin, Frédéric (2009). Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina. Zofia Helman, Zbigniew Skowron, Hanna Wróblewska-Straus, Uniwersytet Warszawski (Wydanie I ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. p. 606. ISBN 978-83-235-0481-8.
^ ^a ^b Atwood (1999), p. 333.

References

Attwood, William G. (1999), The Parisian Worlds of Frédéric Chopin, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, ISBN 0300077734.
Sikorski, Andrzej (n.d.), Jan Matuszyński Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish), website of Fryderyk Chopin Institute, accessed 14 February 2014.

[auto-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Sikorski (n.d.)

[2] Walker, Alan (2018). Fryderyk Chopin, a life and times. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 298. ISBN 978-0374159061.

[3] Chopin, Frédéric (2009). Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina. Zofia Helman, Zbigniew Skowron, Hanna Wróblewska-Straus, Uniwersytet Warszawski (Wydanie I ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. p. 606. ISBN 978-83-235-0481-8.

[auto1-4] Atwood (1999), p. 333.

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+'''Jan Edward Aleksander Matuszyński''' ([[Warsaw]], 14 December 1808 – 20 April 1842, [[Paris]]) was a [[Polish people|Polish]] physician and close friend, in Warsaw and Paris, of Polish composer [[Frédéric Chopin]].
+==Life==
-Matuszyński's father Jan-Fryderyk (1768–1831) was a doctor and surgeon, and head of the Lutheran Hospital in Warsaw. Jan Matuszyński, who was born in [[Warsaw]], became a friend of Chopin whilst attending the [[Warsaw Lyceum]], where he was taught by Chopin's father [[Nicolas Chopin]]. Matuszyński came from a musical family; he himself played the [[flute]], and his brother Leopold (1820–1893) became an operatic [[tenor (voice)|tenor]] and director. Jan studied medicine at the [[University of Warsaw]] from 1827. He worked as a doctor for the Polish forces during the [[November Uprising]] of 1830–31, serving with the 5th Mounted Rifles, and was awarded the order [[Virtuti Militari]]. Leaving for Germany, he eventually graduated in medicine at the [[University of Tübingen]]. Emigrating to Paris in 1834, he shared at one time Chopin's apartment in the [[Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin|Chaussée d'Antin]] and gave him medical advice. He took a further medical degree in Paris, specializing in [[physiology]], and married a Frenchwoman, Caroline Boquet.<ref>Sikorski (n.d.)</ref>
+Jan Matuszyński's father, Jan Fryderyk Matuszyński (1768–1831), was a physician and surgeon and head of [[Warsaw]]'s Lutheran Hospital.<ref name="auto">Sikorski (n.d.)</ref>
+Jan Matuszyński, a native of Warsaw, befriended Chopin whilst attending the [[Warsaw Lyceum]], where he was taught by Chopin's father, [[Nicolas Chopin]]. Matuszyński came from a musical family; he himself played the [[flute]], and his brother Leopold (1820–93) became an opera [[tenor (voice)|tenor]] and director.<ref name="auto"/>
-In 1837 he published a treatise, "''De l'influence du nerf sympathique sur les fonctions des sens'' (On the Influence of the [[Sympathetic nervous system]] on the Functions of the Senses)." He died of [[tuberculosis]]; in his last days Chopin and [[George Sand]] had him cared for at the rooms they shared in [[Quartier Pigalle|Rue Pigalle]]. Sand wrote that he "died in our arms after a slow and cruel agony, which caused Chopin as much suffering as if it had been his own.  He was strong, courageous and devoted... but when it was over he was shattered."<ref>Atwood (1999), p. 333</ref> He was buried in [[Montmartre Cemetery]].<ref>Sikorski (n.d.)</ref>
+From 1827 Jan studied medicine at the [[University of Warsaw]]. During the [[November Uprising|November 1830–31 Uprising]] he served as a medic with the Polish forces, in the 5th Mounted Rifles, and won the order of [[Virtuti Militari]].<ref name="auto"/>
-==References==
-;Notes
+Following the suppression of the Uprising he went into exile in Germany, eventually graduating in medicine at the [[University of Tübingen]].<ref name="auto"/>
+Emigrating to Paris in 1834, he for more than two years<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=Alan|title=Fryderyk Chopin, a life and times|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|year=2018|isbn=978-0374159061|location=|pages=298}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chopin |first=Frédéric |url= |title=Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina |publisher=Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego |others=Zofia Helman, Zbigniew Skowron, Hanna Wróblewska-Straus, Uniwersytet Warszawski |year=2009 |isbn=978-83-235-0481-8 |edition=Wydanie I |location=Warszawa |pages=606 |oclc=}}</ref> shared Chopin's apartment in the [[Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin|Chaussée d'Antin]] and gave him medical advice.<ref name="auto"/>
+He took a further medical degree in Paris, specializing in [[physiology]], and married a Frenchwoman, Caroline Boquet.<ref name="auto"/>
+In 1837 he published a treatise, ''De l'influence du nerf sympathique sur les fonctions des sens'' (On the Influence of the [[Sympathetic nervous system|Sympathetic Nervous System]] on the Functions of the Senses).<ref name="auto1">Atwood (1999), p. 333.</ref>
+Matuszyński died of [[tuberculosis]]. In his last days, Chopin and [[George Sand]] cared for him at the rooms they shared in the [[Quartier Pigalle|rue Pigalle]]. Sand wrote that he "died in our arms after a slow and cruel agony, which caused Chopin as much suffering as if it had been his own.  He [Chopin] was strong, courageous and devoted... but when it was over he was shattered."<ref name="auto1"/>
+Matuszyński was buried in the [[Montmartre Cemetery|Cemetery of Montmartre]].<ref name="auto"/>
+==Notes==
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+==References==
-;Sources
-* Attwood, William G. (1999). ''The Parisian Worlds of Frédéric Chopin''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300077734.
+* Attwood, William G. (1999), ''The Parisian Worlds of Frédéric Chopin'', New Haven and London, Yale University Press, {{ISBN|0300077734}}.
-* Sikorski, Andrzej (n.d.), ''[http://pl.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/name/Matuszynski/id/6749 Jan Matuszyński]'' (in Polish), website of Fryderyk Chopin Institute, accessed 14 February 2014.
+* Sikorski, Andrzej (n.d.), ''[http://pl.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/name/Matuszynski/id/6749 Jan Matuszyński] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313152331/http://pl.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/name/matuszynski/id/6749 |date=13 March 2016 }}'' (in Polish), website of Fryderyk Chopin Institute, accessed 14 February 2014.
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