Herman Boerhaave, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Herman Boerhaave

Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1668

Place of Birth: Voorhout, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1738

Profession: physician, chemist, university teacher, botanist, entomologist, philosopher, anatomist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Herman Boerhaave

  • Herman Boerhaave (Dutch: ['??rm?n 'bu?r??a?v?], 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, 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 Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561–1636).
  • Boerhaave introduced the quantitative approach into medicine, along with his pupil Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777) and is best known for demonstrating the relation of symptoms to lesions.
  • 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 sigillum veri: 'Simplicity is the sign of the truth'.
  • He is often hailed as the "Dutch Hippocrates".

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