Andrés Piquer

Andrés Piquer (1711–1772) was a Spanish physician, philosopher, logician, writer and author.

During the eighteenth century, a critique and re-evaluation of the Hippocratic Corpus within Spanish universities was pushed by Galenist scholars.

Piquer contributed to this analysis of the corpus and served as a philosopher and doctor to the Kings Ferdinand VI and Charles III.

He was appointed by the university to conduct health research in the city and nearby regions.

While holding these positions, Piquer published Thesis Medico-anatomicae,[2] which emphasized the importance of dissection and microscopic investigation.

As a result, he became one of the leading figures of Novatores in the early Spanish Enlightenment period.