Hektoen International

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Tag: Nicolas Andry

  • Homini Verminoso, who created “Orthopaedia”

    Fadlurrahman ManafSurabaya, Indonesia Homini Verminoso (worm man) was the nickname given to the Paris professor Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard, so called because of his work in parasitology.1,2 In 1700 he wrote a book titled De la generation des vers dans le corps de l’homme. De la nature et des especes de cette maladie, les moyens…