| Herman Boerhaave | |
 Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738)
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| Born | December 31, 1668 Voorhout |
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| Died | September 23, 1738 Leyden |
| Residence |  Netherlands |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Fields | Physician |
| Institutions | University of Leyden |
| Alma mater | University of Leyden |
| Doctoral advisor | Burchard de Volder |
| Doctoral students | Gerard Van Swieten |
| Known for | Founder of clinical teaching |
Herman Boerhaave (Voorhout, December 31, 1668 - Leyden, September 23, 1738) was a Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. Voorhout is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. "Leyden" redirects here For other uses see Leyden (disambiguation. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for His main achievement was to demonstrate the relation of symptoms to lesions.
He was born at Voorhout near Leiden. Voorhout is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. "Leyden" redirects here For other uses see Leyden (disambiguation. Entering the University of Leiden he took his degree in philosophy in 1689, with a dissertation De distinctione mentis a corpore (on the difference of the mind from the body), in which he attacked the doctrines of Epicurus, Thomas Hobbes and Spinoza. Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest University in The Netherlands. Thomas Hobbes (born 5 April 1588died 4 December 1679 was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza (ברוך שפינוזה Bento de Espinosa Benedictus de Spinoza ( November 24, 1632 – February 21, He then turned to the study of medicine, in which he graduated in 1693 at Harderwijk in present-day Gelderland. The University of Harderwijk (1648-1811 also named the Guelders Academy, was located in the town of Harderwijk, in the Republic of the United Provinces Gelderland ( English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country In 1701 he was appointed lecturer on the institutes of medicine at Leiden; in his inaugural discourse, De commendando Hippocratis studio, he recommended to his pupils that great physician as their model. Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos ( ca. 460 BC – ca
In 1709 he became professor of botany and medicine, and in that capacity he did good service, not only to his own university, but also to botanical science, by his improvements and additions to the botanic garden of Leiden, and by the publication of numerous works descriptive of new species of plants. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life The Hortus Botanicus of Leiden is the oldest Botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world In 1714, when he was appointed rector of the university, he succeeded Govert Bidloo in the chair of practical medicine, and in this capacity he introduced the modern system of clinical instruction. Govert Bidloo or Govard Bidloo ( Amsterdam, March 12 1649 - Leiden, March 30 1713) was a Dutch Golden Age physician Four years later he was appointed to the chair of chemistry also. In 1728 he was elected into the French Academy of Sciences, and two years later into the Royal Society of London. Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The French Academy of Sciences ( French: Académie des sciences) is a Learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 In 1729 declining health obliged him to resign the chairs of chemistry and botany; and he died, after a lingering and painful illness, at Leiden.
His reputation so increased the fame of the University of Leiden, especially as a school of medicine, that it became popular with visitors from every part of Europe. All the princes of Europe sent him pupils, who found in this skillful professor not only an indefatigable teacher, but an affectionate guardian. When Peter the Great went to Holland in 1715, to instruct himself in maritime affairs, he also took lessons from Boerhaave. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Linnaeus traveled to see him, as did Voltaire. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for François-Marie Arouet ( 21 November 1694 30 May 1778) better known by the Pen name Voltaire, was a French His reputation was not confined to Europe; a Chinese mandarin sent him a letter addressed to "the illustrious Boerhaave, physician in Europe," and it reached him in due course. The operating theatre of the University of Leiden in which he once worked as an anatomist is now at the center of a museum named after him; the Boerhaave Museum. Museum Boerhaave is a museum of the History of science and medicine based in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Boerhaave first described Boerhaave's Syndrome, which involves tearing of the esophagus, usually a consequence of vigorous vomiting. Boerhaave syndrome (also called Boerhaave's syndrome) or Esophageal perforation, is rupture of the esophageal wall He notoriously described in 1724 the case of Baron Jan von Wassenaer, a Dutch admiral who died of this condition following a gluttonous feast and subsequent regurgitation. This condition was uniformly fatal prior to modern surgical techniques allowing repair of the esophagus.
Boerhaave was critical of his Netherlands contemporary, Baruch Spinoza, attacking him in his dissertation in 1689. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza (ברוך שפינוזה Bento de Espinosa Benedictus de Spinoza ( November 24, 1632 – February 21,
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Personal life
On September 14, 1710, Boerhaave married Maria Drolenvaux, the daughter of the rich merchant, Alderman Abraham Drolenvaux. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year They had four children, of whom one daughter, Maria Joanna, lived to adulthood [1]. In 1722, he began to suffer from an extreme case of gout, recovering the next year. Gout (also called metabolic arthritis) is a disease created by a buildup of Uric acid.
Publications
- Het Nut der Mechanistische Methode in de Geneeskunde[2] (Leiden, 1703)
- Institutiones medicae (Leiden, 1708)
- Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis (Leiden, 1709), on which his pupil and assistant, Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772) published a commentary in 5 vols. Van Swietens career Van Swieten was born in Leiden. He was a pupil of Hermann Boerhaave and became in 1745 the personal physician of the Austrian Empress
- Elementa chemiae (Paris, 1724).
See also
External links
- Samuel Johnson's Life of Herman Boerhaave
- Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine
- A recent discussion of Boerhaave's Syndrome in the New England Journal of Medicine (subscription required)
- Works by Herman Boerhaave at Project Gutenberg
- "Aphorismi de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis" (1709; “Aphorisms on the Recognition and Treatment of Diseases”)
- "Elementa Chemiae" (1733) (Elements of Chemistry)
- "A New Method of Chemistry" (1741 & 1753) (English Translation of "Elementa Chemiae" by Peter Shaw)
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