The Medical Faculty at the University of Leiden and its Graduates from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Some Introductory Remarks
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPMH.2020.004Keywords
history of medicine, peregrinatio medica, Polish Prussia, Leiden, 17–18th c., Christoph Gottwald, Simon SchultzAbstract
From the very beginning of the 17th century, the Medical Faculty at the University of Leiden attracted a vast number of young religious dissenters from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Numerous students from Danzig, Lissa or Vilna, earned their MDs at the Academia Lugduno-Batava. After completing their multi-annual educational and medical travels, the alumni set up medical practices in their countries and, as Christoph Gottwald from Danzig and Simon Schultz from Thorn, they transformed the acquired knowledge into scientific testimonies published.
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