Herman Boerhaave

This page lists items in the database related to Herman Boerhaave (b. Voorhout, the Netherlands, 31 December 1661; d. Leiden, the Netherlands, 23 eptember 1738), the famous dutch physician and naturalist, called communis Europae praeceptor (the instructor of all of Europe):

• The Boerhaave Museum in Leiden

• 19th century marble bust in the Farmacia dell'Assunta in Carpi (Modena)

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Bibliography

- W.F.Bynum and Helen Bynum, Dictionary of medical biography, Greenwood Press, Westport (CT) 2007, vol. I, pp. 232-6.

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