17x12cm plate, engraved portrait by the Swiss engraver Leonhard Staub (1800-1826) published in Zwicken b.d. Gebr. Schumann, Herman Boerhaave (31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) 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 […]