biography
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Sylvius, Franciscus
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Latin name of Franz de la Boë
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pronunciation:
[silvius]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1614–72)
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| biography:
| Physician, born in Hanau, WC Germany. One of the most outstanding teachers in Europe, he became professor of medicine at Leyden (1658–72), and introduced ward instruction to medical students. He founded the iatrochemical school of medicine, which was paramount in the rational application of science to a previously rather mythical form of medicine. He developed drugs to counteract chemical imbalances in the body, was the first to distinguish between conglomerate and conglobate glands, and also discovered the Sylvian fissure, the part of the brain that perceives touch sensation (1641). |
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