Wilhelm van der Straten

Wilhelm van der Straten

Wilhelm van der Straten (also: Willem Stratenus, Guilielmus van de Straeten ; * 1593 in Utrecht ; † November 6, 1681 ibid) was a Dutch physician.

Life

The son of Johannes Straten came from a respected family. He had studied medicine at the University of Leiden under Pieter Pauw (1564–1617) and Otto van Heurnius (1577–1652). Then he became a physician in his hometown. On June 18, 1621 he was given the right to give anatomical lectures, and on March 26, 1636 , when the University of Utrecht was founded, he became professor of anatomy at the same. He gave the inaugural address Quam jucunda utilis et necessaria sit nostra cognitio per anatomist and soon set up a Collegium Practicum for teaching practical medicine. Thus, after the University of Padua , Utrecht became one of the first universities in Europe where medical instruction took place at an associated clinic. On October 6, 1641 he became the first full professor of the medical faculty, which was linked to a doubling of his salary.

After he had headed the Utrecht Alma Mater as rector in 1643/44 , he was appointed personal physician to Friedrich Heinrich of Orange in 1646 while retaining his professorship. For this he moved to The Hague , where he also met the subsequent regents Wilhelm II of Orange and Wilhelm III. of Orange served as personal physician. He turned down offers of a professorship at the University of Leiden. Instead, he returned to Utrecht, stood up for the communal interests of his native city and became mayor and councilor on April 17, 1674. He was also active as a city judge in 1676 and a member of the General Pension Chamber in 1677 .

He died as heir on Willeskop and Kort-Heeswijk .

Works

• Causae, signa et medela Febrium, comprehensa et proposita septem disputationibus in Academia Trajectina. Utrecht 1640.
• Tractatus De fallaci urinarum judicio cum aliis scriptis de Urinis. Utrecht 1670.
• Orationes, vg quam jucunda utilis, et necessaria sit nostril cognito per anatomen.

literature

• Stratenus, Wilhelm. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 40, Leipzig 1744, column 747.
• Album Studiosorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae, MDCXXXVI-MDCCCLXXXVI. Accedunt nomina Curatorum et Professorum per eadem secula. Verlag JL Beijers et J. van Boekhoven, 1886, p. XIV.
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Volume 4, Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1751, Sp. 865.
• August Hirsch , Ernst Julius Gurlt : Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume 5, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna / Leipzig 1887, p. 559.
• Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Volume 17, part 2, Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem 1874, pp. 1038-1039. ( online , Dutch)
• Antoine-Jacques-Louis Jourdan: Dictionnaire des sciences Médicales. Biography Médicale. Volume 7, Verlag CLF Panckoucke, Paris 1825, p. 274. ( online , French)
• Louis Moreri, Claude-Pierre Goujet, Etienne-François Drouet: Le grand Dictionnaire Historique, ou Le Mélange curieux de L'Histoire sacrée et profane, qui Contient en Abrégé L'Histoire Fabuleuse. Volume 9, Paris, 1759, p. 586, ( online , French)

Web links

• Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae (Dutch)