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ALBINUS (originally WEISS), BERNHARD SIEGFRIED (1697—1770)

ALBINUS (originally See also:
WEISS, BERNHARD (1827– . )
WEISS), BERNHARD SIEGFRIED (1697—1770) , See also:

German anatomist, was, See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1697, at See also:

FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder, where his See also:

FATHER

father, Bernhard Albinus (1653—1721), was See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of the practice of See also:

MEDICINE

medicine. In 1702 the latter was transferred to the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of medicine at See also:

LEIDEN

Leiden, and it was there that Bernhard Siegfried began his studies, having for his teachers such men as H. See also:

BOERHAAVE, HERMANN (1668–1738)

Boerhaave and Nikolaus Bidloo. Having finished his studies at Leiden, he went to See also:

Paris, where, under the instruction of Sebastien Valliant (1669—1722), J. B. See also:

WINSLOW, EDWARD (1595-1655)

Winslow (1669—176o) and others, he devoted himself especially to See also:

anatomy and See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany. After a See also:

YEAR

year's See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence he was, on the recommendation of Boerhaave, recalled in 1719 to Leiden to be a lecturer on anatomy and See also:

surgery. Two years later he succeeded his father in the professorship of these subjects, and speedily became one of the most famous teachers of anatomy in See also:

EUROPE

Europe, his class-See also:

ROOM

room being resorted to not only by students but by many practising physicians. In 1745 Albinus was appointed professor of the practice of medicine, being succeeded in the anatomical chair by his See also:

BROTHER

brother See also:

Frederick Bernhard (1715—1778), who, as well as another brother, See also:

Christian Bernhard (1700—1752), attained considerable distinction. Bernhard Siegfried, who was twice See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of his university, died on the 9th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1770 at Leiden.

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