Discourse of Innovation : Seventeenth Century Dutch Physicians Jan Baptist van Helmont and Cornelius Bontekoe on their Struggle with the Medical Establishment
2022
Abstrakt
The chapter deals with topic of innovation in early modern medicine using example of two Dutch physicians: Jan Baptist Helmont and Cornelius Bontekoe. We examine how both authors percieved their own innovation vis-a-vis contemporary medical establishment using Helmont's Tumulus Pestis and Bontekoe'sTractaat van het excellenste Kruyd thee.