| Georg Balthasar Metzger | |
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Georg Balthasar Metzger (1623-1687)
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| Born | 23 September, 1623 Schweinfurt, Germany |
| Died | 9 October, 1687 Tübingen, Germany |
| Residence | Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Physician |
| Institutions | University of Tübingen |
| Alma mater | University of Jena University of Basel |
| Doctoral advisor | Johann Georg Macasius Emmanuel Stupanus |
| Doctoral students | Rudolf Jakob Camerarius Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. Johannes Ulricus Schmidlin |
Georg Balthasar Metzger (September 23, 1623 – October 9, 1687) was a German physician and scientist notable as one of the four founding members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Schweinfurt.
In 1644 Metzger obtained the Medicinae Doctorate from the University of Jena under Johann Georg Macasius with a thesis entitled: Disputatio Medica De Purgatione. In 1650, he obtained a second Medicinae Doctorate from the University of Basel under Emmanuel Stupanus with a thesis entitled: De affectibus, quibus, cerebrum obnoxium est, et quibus signis cognoscantur.
In 1661 Metzger was appointed to the University of Tübingen by Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614–74) to improve its teaching of anatomy and surgery. From 1681-1688 he also directed the university's Hortus medicus, which has subsequently evolved into the Botanischer Garten der Universität Tübingen. In 1688 its direction passed to Metzer's student, Rudolf Jacob Camerer.