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BOERHAAVE, HERMANN (1668–1738)

BOERHAAVE, See also:
HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)
HERMANN (1668–1738) , Dutch physician and See also:

man of See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Voorhout near See also:

LEIDEN

Leiden on the 31st of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1668. Entering the university of Leiden he took his degree in See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in 1689, with a dissertation De distinctione mentis a or See also:

PORE

pore, in which he attacked the doctrines of See also:

EPICURUS (342–270 B.C.)

Epicurus, See also:

HOBBES, THOMAS (1588–1679)

Hobbes and See also:

SPINOZA, BARUCH (1632-1677)

Spinoza. He then turned to the study of See also:

MEDICINE

medicine, in which he graduated in 1693 at Harderwyck in Guelderland. In 1701 he was appointed lecturer on the institutes 1 See also:

THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides (v. 38), in speaking of the " four See also:

COUNCILS

councils of the Boeotians," is referring to the plenary bodies in the various states. of medicine at Leiden; in his inaugural discourse, De commendando Hippocratis studio, he recommended to his pupils that See also:

GREAT

great physician as their See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model. In 1709 he became See also:

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

professor of See also:

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

botany and medicine, and in that capacity he did See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service, not only to his own university, but also to botanical science, by his improvements and additions to the botanic See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden of Leiden, and by the publication of numerous See also:

WORKS

works descriptive of new See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

PLANTS

plants. In 1714, when he was appointed See also:

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

rector of the university, he succeeded Govert Bidloo (1649–1713) in 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 See also:

PRACTICAL

practical medicine, and in this capacity he had the merit of introducing the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

SYSTEM

system of clinical instruction. Four years later he was appointed also to the chair of See also:

chemistry. In 1728 he was elected into the See also:

French See also:

Academy of Sciences, and two years later into the Royal Society of See also:

LONDON

London. In 1729 declining See also:

HEALTH

health obliged him to resign the chairs of chemistry and botany; and he died, after a lingering and painful illness, on the 23rd of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1738 at Leiden. His See also:

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius so raised the fame of the university of Leiden, especially as a school of medicine, that it became a resort of strangers from every See also:

PART

part of See also:

EUROPE

Europe.

All the princes of Europe sent him disciples, who found in this skilful professor not only an indefatigable teacher, but an affectionate See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian. When See also:

Peter the Great went to See also:

Holland in 1715, to instruct himself in maritime affairs, he also took lessons from Boerhaave. His reputation was not confined to Europe; a See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese liiandarin wrote him a See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter directed " To the illustrious Boerhaave, physician in Europe," and it reached him in due course. His See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal works are—Instilutiones medicae (Leiden, 1708); Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis (Leiden, 1709), on which his See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil and assistant, See also:

Gerard See also:

van Swieten (1700–1772) published a commentary in 5 vols.; and Elementa chemiae (See also:

Paris, 1724).

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