Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr.

Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. (1641–1695) was a professor of medicine who notably wrote books on the palpitations of the heart, pleurisy, skull fractures, and the use of medicinal plants.

Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr.
Camerarius c. 1690
BornMay 7, 1641
DiedJune 7, 1695
Tübingen
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician
InstitutionsUniversity of Tübingen
Doctoral advisorGeorg Balthasar Metzger
Doctoral studentsRudolf Jakob Camerarius

He obtained his Doctor of Medicine in 1663 at the University of Tübingen. He is the father of Elias Rudolph Camerarius Jr. and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius.

References edit

  • Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  • Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Duncker & Humblot, 1967-1971 Reprint, vol. 3, p. 719.
  • Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1962, vol. 1, p. 808.
  • Michaud Biographie Universelle, (2nd Ed.), Delagrabe, 1843–1865, vol. 6, p. 474.