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Herman Boerhaave
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Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1668-12-31 ) 31 December 1668, Voorhout , Dutch Republic
- Died
- 23 September 1738 (1738-09-23) (aged 69), Leiden , Dutch Republic
- Resting place
- Pieterskerk, Leiden
- Education
- University of Leiden (M.A., 1690), University of Harderwijk (M.D., 1693)
- Known for
- Founder of clinical teaching
- Fields
- Medicine
- Institutions
- University of Leiden
- Theses
- De distinctione mentis a corpore (On the Difference of the Mind from the Body) (1690) De utilitate explorandorum in aegris excrementorum ut signorum (The Utility of Examining Signs of Disease in the Excrement of the Sick) (1693)
- Academic advisors
- Burchard de Volder
- Notable students
- Gerard van Swieten
- Author abbrev botany
- Boerh.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holland
- Place of birth
- Voorhout
- Place of death
- Leiden
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden
- Employer
- Leiden University
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Doctoral student
- Laurentius Blumentrost
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- Herman Boerhaave, by Cornelis Troost.jpg
- Motto
- Eenvoud is het kenmerk van het ware
- Work location
- Leiden
- Residence
- Leiden
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- place of burial
- Pieterskerk
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- student
- Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
- date of birth
- 1668-12-31
- date of death
- 1738-09-23
- Commons category
- Herman Boerhaave
- Commons gallery
- Herman Boerhaave
- name in native language
- Herman Boerhaave
- archives at
- S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
- P8168
- Meria
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Encyclopedic overview
Herman Boerhaave ( Dutch: [ˈɦɛrmɑm ˈbuːrˌɦaːvə], 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch chemist, botanist, Christian humanist, and physician. He is sometimes regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital along with Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561–1636). Boerhaave introduced the quantitative approach into medicine, along with his pupil Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777). 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 veri sigillum: 'Simplicity is the sign of the truth'. He is often hailed as the "Dutch Hippocrates".
Biography
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