Herman Boerhaave
Botanist, Physician
1668 – 1738
Who was Herman Boerhaave?
Herman Boerhaave was a Dutch botanist, 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 his pupil Albrecht von Haller. He is best known for demonstrating the relation of symptoms to lesions and, in addition, he was the first to isolate the chemical urea from urine. His motto was Simplex sigillum veri; Simplicity is the sign of truth.
From 1950 to 1970, Boerhaave's image was printed on Dutch 20-guilder banknotes. The Leiden University Medical Centre organises medical trainings called Boerhaave-courses.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1668
Voorhout - Also known as
- Бургаве, Герман
- 赫尔曼·布尔哈夫
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Education
- Leiden University
- University of Harderwijk
- Employment
- Professor of Botany, Leiden University
- Rector, Leiden University
- Lived in
- South Holland
- Died
- Sep 23, 1738
Leiden
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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