Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738) Dutch physician and botanist, in 1714 in the women's ward in Leyden hospital defusing hysteria by threatening to brand t

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Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738) Dutch physician and botanist, in 1714 in the women's ward in Leyden hospital defusing hysteria by threatening to brand the hysterics on the face. Engraving, Paris, 1874.

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Keywords: 1710s, 1870s, boerhaave, botanist, dutch, engraving, france, hermann, hospital, leyden, medicine, paris, physician, scientist, ward, womenss