Philipp Jakob Sachs

Philipp Jakob Sachs (26 August1627, Breslau- 7 January1672, Breslau) was a German physician, naturalist, and editor of Ephemerides Academiae naturae curiosorum, the first ever learned journal in the field of medicine and natural history. He was a state physician in Breslau, and one of the founders of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum (Leopoldina).

His works include the 1665 Gammarologia, on crabs.