Heinrich Petraeus

He was Professor of Medicine at the University of Marburg.

He was son-in-law of the chemist Johannes Hartmann (1568–1631).

He is known for his Nosologia Harmonica Dogmatica et Hermetica.

[1] This was an attempt to find concord between rival medical theories of the time: those of the progressive chemical physicians (exemplified by Vesalius) and those of the tradition-based Galenists.

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