Herman Boerhaave (Dutch: [ˈɦɛrmɑm ˈbuːrˌɦaːvə], 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician...

Esophageal rupture, also known as Boerhaave syndrome, is a rupture of the esophageal wall. Iatrogenic causes account for approximately 56% of esophageal...

was, in fact, the philosopher's stone. Dutch chemist and physician Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738), in his textbook Elementa Chymiae (1732), did not think...

discoverer of urea, he was not the first to do so. Dutch scientist Herman Boerhaave had discovered this chemical as early as 1727. Rouelle is known as...

chemists called them, airs). Work done by Joseph Black, Joseph Priestley, Herman Boerhaave, and Henry Cavendish revolved largely around the use of the instrument...

German noble Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738), Dutch botanist Herman of Alaska (1756–1837), Russian missionary to Alaska The name Herman was popular in...

pupil with the pharmacist Nicolaas Stam, whose father had introduced Herman Boerhaave to chemistry. After three years, in 1720, he became a pharmacist; the...

north of Leiden, that was the former home of the Dutch scientist Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738). He was a Dutch humanist and physician of European fame...

establishment of modern chemistry and medicine due to the work by Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738). Leiden slumped from the late 17th century on, mainly due...

over 100 species in the Nyctaginaceae family. The genus was named for Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch botanist, and the genus name is frequently misspelled "Boerhaavia"...

verification] According to a letter Fahrenheit wrote to his friend Herman Boerhaave, his scale was built on the work of Ole Rømer, whom he had met earlier...

July 28 – Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. 1661) September 23 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist, physician (b. 1668) December 22 – Constantia Jones...

century, Ernst Cohen uncovered correspondences between Fahrenheit and Herman Boerhaave which cast considerable doubt on the veracity of Fahrenheit's article...

other objects in the extensive collection. The museum is named after Herman Boerhaave, a Dutch physician and botanist who was famous in Europe for his teaching...

concepts about heat which had been developed by the Dutch physician Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738), a proponent of Isaac Newton's ideas. He supplied his equipment...

sale on December 28. The annual publication will continue until 1758. Herman Boerhaave publishes the authorized edition of his Elementa chemiae, recognised...

Apostolo Zeno, Italian poet and journalist (d. 1750) December 31 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738) date unknown – Stokkseyrar-Dísa...

In 1733, however, he departed for Leiden to study under the famous Herman Boerhaave. His stay in Holland proved to be short but influential. In the following...

known, at least since 1745, when the Dutch botanist and physician Herman Boerhaave isolated a salt from wood sorrel, akin to kraft process. By 1773, François...

Germany. Tsar Peter the Great of Russia studies with the physician Herman Boerhaave at Leiden University. January 12 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer...

and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645) 1668 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (d. 1738) 1714 – Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese...

son-in-law Jurriaen Pool. Frederik Ruysch published together with Herman Boerhaave. In 1760 (30 years after his death), botanist Jacq. published Ruyschia...

merging several genera previously published by Herman Boerhaave, although precisely which of Boerhaave's genera were included in Linnaeus's Protea varied...

lifetime. He also published the surgical aphorisms of Dutch physician Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738). Louis is credited with designing a prototype of the guillotine...

year 1708 in science and technology involved some significant events. Herman Boerhaave publishes Institutiones medicae, one of the earliest textbooks on physiology...

scientist Herman Boerhaave, although this discovery is often attributed to the French chemist Hilaire Rouelle as well as William Cruickshank. Boerhaave used...

international communication between natural philosophers. December 31 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch physician and chemist who makes Leiden a European centre of...

Colony) plants was continued under Clusius' successors. Especially Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738, prefect from 1709 to 1730), contributed greatly to the...

Wilhelm Leibniz – philosopher and mathematician (Schadow, 1808) 114. Herman Boerhaave – Dutch humanist and physician (Leeb, 1823) 115. Maurice of Saxony...

manufacture and a paper-mill. At five in the morning he was received by Herman Boerhaave who showed Peter the Botanical Garden. In April 1717 he continued his...