Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 747

HERMANN BOERHAAVE (1668-1738) Sermo academicus. Apud Isaacum Severinum 1729 38 pp.

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During his sixtieth year, Boerhaave felt that it was time to relinquish his professorships of botany and chemistry because of the toll they were taking on his physical resources. However, he did retain his medical teaching duties. In this address, he reviewed his career and publicly thanked his many friends and supporters.

Cited references: Lindeboom 36; Osler 1112; Wellcome II, p. 190