Thomas Sydenham
Physician
1624 – 1689
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Who was Thomas Sydenham?
Thomas Sydenham was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates’. Among his many achievements was the discovery of a disease, Sydenham's Chorea, also known as St Vitus Dance.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1624
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- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Magdalen College, Oxford
- Pembroke College, Cambridge
- University of Oxford
- Died
- Dec 29, 1689
London
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on July 23, 2013
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