Gerard van Swieten (* 7. May 1700 in suffer, "† 18. June 1772 in (today to Vienna) be a Austrian physician Netherlands origin.

He was pupil Herman Boerhaaves and became 1745 body physician Maria Theresias. In this position it implemented a transformation of the Austrian health service and the medical university education. To its initiative decrease/go back the mechanism of a botanischen garden, a chemical laboratory and the introduction of clinical instruction. The sum of its activities made it founder of the older Viennese medical school.

Apart from its medical activities van Swieten was active also as Reformer. Above all the censorship nature was again arranged by it. Thus it displaced the Jesuiten, those so far the censorship accomplished and accomplished one - only partial successful - centralization of the censorship nature. Also it tried to use rational and scientific aspects for the evaluation of the books.

Gerard of Swieten was the father of Gottfried van Swieten, who admits Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart particularly as a sponsor became.

After Gerard of Swieten a kind of the is designated, the Swietenia.

Works

• Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave aphorismos de cognoscendis et curandis morbis (5 parts, 1742-1772)
• Constitutiones epidemicae (2 volumes, 1782 given change)

Literature

• Franc T. Brechka: Gerard van Swieten and his World 1700-1772. The Hague 1970 (= internationally Archives OF the History OF Ideas, volume 36).
• Erna Lesky, Adam Wandruszka (Hrsg.): Gerard van Swieten and its time: International symposium veranst. of D. Univ. Vienna in the Inst. for history D. Med. 8. - 10. May 1972. Vienna and others 1973 (= studies for the history of the University of Vienna, volume 8).

Related links

• Books by and over Gerard van Swieten in the SWB catalog

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