Herman Boerhaave

Herman Boerhaave
Born	(1668-12-31)31 December 1668 Voorhout, Dutch Republic
Died	23 September 1738(1738-09-23) (aged 69) Leiden, Dutch Republic
Nationality	Dutch
Education	University of Leiden (M.A., 1690) University of Harderwijk (M.D., 1693)
Known for	Founder of clinical teaching
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine
Institutions	University of Leiden
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 of the Sick) (1693)
Academic advisors	Burchard de Volder[1]
Notable students	Gerard van Swieten
Author abbrev. (botany)	Boerh.

Herman Boerhaave (Dutch: [ˈɦɛrmɑm ˈbuːrˌɦaːvə], 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738^[2]) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology," along with Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561–1636).^{[by whom?]} Boerhaave introduced the quantitative approach into medicine, along with his pupil Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777) and is best known for demonstrating the relation of symptoms to lesions.^{[citation needed]} He was the first to isolate the chemical urea from urine. He was the first physician to put thermometer measurements to clinical practice. His motto was Simplex sigillum veri: 'Simplicity is the sign of the truth'.^{[citation needed]} He is often hailed as the "Dutch Hippocrates".^[2]