Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 10. September 1624 |
Geburtsort | England |
Todesort | England |
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Beschreibung | Thomas Sydenham (10 September 1624 – 29 December 1689) was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates'. Among his many achievements was the discovery of a disease, Sydenham's chorea, also known as St Vitus' Dance. To him is attributed the prescient dictum, "A man is as old as his arteries." |
The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise.
