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a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician, regarded as the founder of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology,"
Born
31 December 1668 Voorhout, Dutch Republic
Died
23 September 1738 (aged 69) Leiden, Dutch Republic
Nationality
Dutch
Known for
Founder of clinical teaching
Fields
Medicine
Institutions
University of Leiden
Academic advisors
Burchard de Volder
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Netherlands
Author abbrev. (botany)
Boerh.
Education
University of Leiden (M.A., 1690) University of Harderwijk (M.D., 1693)
era
1600-1800
Notable students
Gerard van Swieten
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