Otto Heurnius

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Otto Heurnius

Otto Heurnius , latinized from Otto van Heurne (also van Horne and Heurn ; born September 8, 1577 in Utrecht , † July 24, 1652 in Leiden ), was a Dutch physician and anatomist.

Life

Otto Heurnius was the eldest son of eleven children of Johannes Heurnius and Christina Beyer. He went with his father to Leiden, where he received his education and scientific training under the then rector of the Leiden Latin School Nicolaas Stochius (1534–1593). At the age of 13, which was not atypical at the time, he enrolled in the registry of the Leiden University on May 2, 1590 in order to complete a degree in Artes liberales . It was Peter Molinaeus (1568-1658) his formative teacher who gave him so much philosophical knowledge that Heurnius on 24 August 1599 the defense of the dissertation philosophicae Theses the academic degree could earn a Master of Philosophy.

He also completed medical studies under his father. On May 8, 1600, his academic ambitions earned him a year-long teaching post in rhetoric. After he had received his doctorate in medicine on July 7, 1601, he was appointed associate professor of medicine on August 30, 1601. On February 8, 1611 he became a full professor of medicine, which brought him a lot of resentment and opponents. After Peter Pauw's death in 1618, he also took over lectures on anatomy and surgery. He initiated the Leiden University Clinic together with Ewaldus Schrevelius as a “Collegium practicum”.

His collection of anatomical material, ethnographics, portraits, letters and curious objects also gained some importance. Due to physical frailty, he was placed on February 10, 1624 Adriaan Falcenburgus (1581-1650) as an assistant at his side. With this and others he often had to grapple with his less than delightful statements. His interpretations of the blood circulation were especially notorious. Heurnius also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1641/42 and 1648/49 . Heurnius retired in 1650 and died at the age of 75.

His son Johannes († 1669) came from his marriage to Johanna van Swaenswyk in 1602, who was a councilor in Utrecht as a licentiate in law. In addition, a daughter Johanna, who was married to Lorenz Storm from The Hague.

Works

  • Propempticon in discessum Jacobi Dyckii, Legati Sueciae apud foederatos ordines, quum Sueciam peteret. 1697
  • Historiae et observationes quaedam rariores ex praxi et diario. Geneva 1697.
  • Babylonica, Indica, Aegyptia etc. Philosophiae promodia. Suffering 1600.
  • Barbaricae Philosophiae Antiquitatum LiberI., Qui et Chaldaicus inscribitur. 5.Marci Antonii Sabbellici, de rerum et artium Inventoribus Poëma. 6.Barbaricae Philosophiae Antiquitatum Liber II., Qui et Indicus inscribitur. Joannis Fernelii universa Medicina, sive Opera Medicinalia; primum quidam studio et diligentiâ Guilielmi Plantii elimata: Novâ hac editione, quae obscura erant, illustrata et quae deficiebant, suppleta sunt. Omnia notis, observationibus et remediis secretis Johannis et Otthonis Heurnii, aliorumque praestantissimorum Medicorum scholiis illustrati. Cum indice locupletissimo. Utrecht, 1656, 1679
  • Epistolae ad Johannem Meursium mss.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guilielmus du Rieu: Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV-MDCCCLXXV. Martin Nijhoff, The Hague 1875.
  2. ↑ Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen: Album Promotorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae 1575-1812. The Hague 1913-1924.
personal data
SURNAME Heurnius, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heurne, Otto van; Horne, Otto van; Heurn, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch medic
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1652
Place of death Suffer