Gerard Van Swieten and His World 1700–1772
QU ALITIES, QUERIES, AND REPUTE Holland has bred its share of remarkable men and Gerard van Swieten was one of them. Raised in Leiden by fairly prosperous Catholic parents, educated at Louvain and Leiden, acknowledged as one of the most gifted pupils of the famed scientist Herman Boerhaave, and an e...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1970, 1970
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1970 |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Qualities, Queries, and Repute
- I. The Early Years
- The Family Van Swieten
- The Varieties of Faith
- Louvain
- II. Leiden
- The University
- Doctor Van Swieten
- The Town
- A Death in Brussels
- III. Maria Theresa
- IV. Vienna
- The First Responsibility
- Books and Censorship
- Reform: the Teaching and Practice of Medicine
- The Great Van Swieten
- Conclusion: A Ouestion of Enlightenment