In the history of medicine, Aelius Everardus Vorstius is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Aelius Everardus Vorstius as Dutch physician and botanist (1565-1624).
Aelius Everardus Vorstius was born at Roermond in 1565. His recorded nationality is Netherlands. He trained at Leiden University and Heidelberg University.
Dissection returned in this period and overturned inherited anatomy, which had been copied without checking for centuries.
His posts were held at Leiden University, Leiden University and Leiden University.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Netherlands matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Aelius Everardus Vorstius died in 1624, aged 59. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Leiden University, Leiden University and Leiden University
