Tag: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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The “English Hippocrates” and the disease of kings
Anne JacobsonOak Park, Illinois, United States Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) is known as “The English Hippocrates” because of his detailed physical examinations, painstaking record keeping, and attention to the treatment of illness.1 At a time when the medical profession espoused theory and systemization, his belief in the power of observation and primary experience over scientific theory…