This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Gerard Leendertsz Blasius (1627-1682), Dutch anatomist and physician, pointing to an anatomical figure in a book. The inscription (not shown) describes him as a medical doctor and a professor. After qualifying as a doctor, Blasius was appointed in 1659 to teach at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, becoming a professor in 1660. He published numerous works, including 'Medicina generalis nova accurataque methodo fundamenta exhibens' (General Medicine, presenting the foundations of a new, precise method, 1661) and 'Observationes medicae anatomicae rariores' (Rare medical and anatomical observations, 1677).
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