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Name: Description: van Doeveren, Gualtherus (Prof)
Dutch physician
(1730 - 1783)Van Doeveren graduated MD from Leiden University in 1753, with his dissertation regarding intestinal worms appearing in French in 1764 before being translated to German. He kept a medical practice in Leiden before being offered a position at the University of Groningen, taking up his professorship there in 1754, teaching physiology, surgery, pathology and obstetrics. Van Doeveren was rector of the university for the sessions 1761-172 and 1769-1770. His medical skills became more well known in Leiden, and he was appointed professor of medicine and obstetrics in 1771. van Swieten, Gerard (Dr)
Physician
(1700 - 1772)Van Swieten studied philosophy and later pharmacy and medicine at Leiden University, obtaining his MD in 1725. He set up a private practice in Leiden and began to give private lessons in pharmacy and materia medica. He did not hold a licence to teach and in 1734 the university forbade him from continuing. As Van Swieten was a Catholic it was not permitted for him to teach at the university. In 1744 he took up the position of personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresia as well as that of court librarian. Vogel, Rudolf Augustin (Dr)
Physician and naturalist
(1724 - 1774)Vogel studied at Erfurt, Leipzig and Berlin, receiving his medical degree from Erfurt in 1747. In 1753, he became a professor of medicine at the University of Göttingen. von Herrenschwand, Johann Friedrich (Dr)
Physician
(1715 - 1798)Herrenschwand was a military doctor in Flanders, later becoming the personal physician to the Landgrave Friedrich Jakob von Hessen-Homburg in 1740. He was the city doctor of Murten between 1743 and 1745, and also became the personal physician to the Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Gotha, later becoming a doctor of the Swiss guard regiment in 1750. He returned to Murten in 1755 where he was the personal physician to Duke Friedrich III of Saxe-Gotha from 1757. Herrenschwand was personal physician to King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski, king of Poland from 1764. von Störck, Anton (Dr)
Physician
(1731 - 1803)Störck was the deacon of the medical faculty and rector at the University of Vienna. In 1767 he treated empress Maria Theresa of Austria for smallpox and became her personal physician following her recovery. In 1758 he became the 'first physician' to the Vienna urban institute for the poor, and from 1764 he was physician to Emperor Franz I, Stephan of Frankfurt am Maine and to the Dukes Joseph and Leopold. He was made Baron in 1775.
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- van Doeveren, Gualtherus (Prof)
Dutch physician
(1730 - 1783)
Van Doeveren graduated MD from Leiden University in 1753, with his dissertation regarding intestinal worms appearing in French in 1764 before being translated to German. He kept a medical practice in Leiden before being offered a position at the University of Groningen, taking up his professorship there in 1754, teaching physiology, surgery, pathology and obstetrics. Van Doeveren was rector of the university for the sessions 1761-172 and 1769-1770. His medical skills became more well known in Leiden, and he was appointed professor of medicine and obstetrics in 1771.
- van Swieten, Gerard (Dr)
Physician
(1700 - 1772)
Van Swieten studied philosophy and later pharmacy and medicine at Leiden University, obtaining his MD in 1725. He set up a private practice in Leiden and began to give private lessons in pharmacy and materia medica. He did not hold a licence to teach and in 1734 the university forbade him from continuing. As Van Swieten was a Catholic it was not permitted for him to teach at the university. In 1744 he took up the position of personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresia as well as that of court librarian.
- Vogel, Rudolf Augustin (Dr)
Physician and naturalist
(1724 - 1774)
Vogel studied at Erfurt, Leipzig and Berlin, receiving his medical degree from Erfurt in 1747. In 1753, he became a professor of medicine at the University of Göttingen.
- von Herrenschwand, Johann Friedrich (Dr)
Physician
(1715 - 1798)
Herrenschwand was a military doctor in Flanders, later becoming the personal physician to the Landgrave Friedrich Jakob von Hessen-Homburg in 1740. He was the city doctor of Murten between 1743 and 1745, and also became the personal physician to the Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Gotha, later becoming a doctor of the Swiss guard regiment in 1750. He returned to Murten in 1755 where he was the personal physician to Duke Friedrich III of Saxe-Gotha from 1757. Herrenschwand was personal physician to King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski, king of Poland from 1764.
- von Störck, Anton (Dr)
Physician
(1731 - 1803)
Störck was the deacon of the medical faculty and rector at the University of Vienna. In 1767 he treated empress Maria Theresa of Austria for smallpox and became her personal physician following her recovery. In 1758 he became the 'first physician' to the Vienna urban institute for the poor, and from 1764 he was physician to Emperor Franz I, Stephan of Frankfurt am Maine and to the Dukes Joseph and Leopold. He was made Baron in 1775.
- van Doeveren, Gualtherus (Prof)
