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Cornelis Bontekoe
(1639–1684)
Physician
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Cornelis Bontekoe was a physician, best known for Kurtze abhandlung von dem menschlichen leben, gesundheit, kranckheit und tod.
Quick Facts About Cornelis Bontekoe
- Born
- November 30, 1639
- Died
- November 30, 1684
- Profession
- Physician
- Notable works
- Kurtze abhandlung von dem menschlichen leben, gesundheit, kranckheit und tod
About Cornelis Bontekoe
Cornelis Bontekoe, whose real name was Cornelis Dekker, was a Dutch physician known also as a popular essayist, particularly on his promotion of tea, and editor of the works of Arnold Geulincx, a Belgian philosopher. He also applied what were generally Cartesian theories in medicine, but with innovations such as a purely hydraulic and muscular explanation of the mechanism of the heart.
Biography source: Wikipedia
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