title: Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza
text: # Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza
  
  Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza (November 26, 1756 – April 6, 1844) was a Danish physician and author.
  
  ## Early life
  
  De Meza was born in Copenhagen in 1756. He was the son of the physician Christian de Meza [de], with whom he embraced Christianity in 1783. In the same year he graduated as M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, and became a member of the Royal Medical Society.
  
  ## Career
  
  From 1784 until his death he practised medicine in Elsinore.
  
  Meza published essays in medical journals. He also wrote a drama, Dormon og Vilhelmine that was produced at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, in 1796.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Meza's son, Christian Julius de Meza (1792–1865), was a general in the Danish army during the Second Schleswig War.
  
  ## Selected bibliography
  
  * Tractatio de quibusdam notabilioribus objectis ad artem obstetricandi spectantibus. Copenhagen: Christian Gottlob Proft. 1783.
  * "De Graviditate Mixta Observatio". Acta Regiæ Societatis Med. Hafniensis. 1: 442–450.
  * "Relatio Febris Tertianæ Intermittentis Epidemicæ Anno 1784 Grassantis". Observationes Medico-Practicæ Quinque. 2: 197–213.
  * "En Sjælden og Abnormal Tvillingfödsel". Bibliothek for Læger. 9: 41–43. 1821. Appeared afterward in Bulletin des sciences médicales (January, 1830) and in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences (no. 12, 1830).
  