Herman Boerhaave Treating Hysteria Patient, 1710

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Herman Boerhaave Treating Hysteria Patient, 1710
Boerhaave treating a patient with hysteria at Leiden hospital in 1710. He believed that people suffering from hysteria could be calmed by making them frightened, and so began threatening them with red-hot pokers. Herman Boerhaave (December 31, 1668-September 23, 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist and physician. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital. His reputation increased the fame of the University of Leiden, as a school of medicine. All the princes of Europe sent him pupils, who found in this skilful professor not only an indefatigable teacher, but an affectionate guardian. In 1714, when he was appointed rector of the university and in this capacity introduced the modern system of clinical instruction. Four years later he was appointed to the chair of chemistry. His 1724 textbook Elementa chemiae (Elements of Chemistry) was an outgrowth of his lectures at the University of Leyden, in
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