Portrait of Herrmann Boerhaave.
STAUB, L.,
From Goltzius, Lisse, Netherlands
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AbeBooks Seller since March 16, 2018
From Goltzius, Lisse, Netherlands
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 16, 2018
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17x12cm plate, engraved portrait by the Swiss engraver Leonhard Staub (1800-1826) published in Zwicken b.d. Gebr. Schumann, Herman Boerhaave (31 December 1668 - 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology," along with Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561-1636). Boerhaave introduced the quantitative approach into medicine, along with his pupil Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) and is best known for demonstrating the relation of symptoms to lesions. He was the first to isolate the chemical urea from urine. He was the first physician to put thermometer measurements to clinical practice. His motto was Simplex sigillum veri: 'Simplicity is the sign of the truth'. He is often hailed as the "Dutch Hippocrates". Seller Inventory # 68849
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Title: Portrait of Herrmann Boerhaave.
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