Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 743

HERMANN BOERHAAVE (1668-1738) Oratio qua repurgatae medicinae facilis asseritur simplicitas. Apud Johannem vander Linden 1709 [4] 22 pp.

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The first vacancy on the medical faculty occurred in January 1709 upon the death of Petrus Hotton, professor of medicine and botany. Boerhaave was appointed to the post in February and he delivered this address praising the progress of medicine on March 20.

Cited references: Lindeboom 23; Osler 1104 (1721 ed.); Wellcome II, p. 189 (1721 ed.)