Boerhaave, HERMANN

1668-1738. Eminent physician and chemist. Prof. Leyden 1709; the last distinguished chemist to retain some of the alchemistic ideas. Hist or i a Plant arum, 1727-38; Element a Chemiæ, 1732, was the first systematic work on chemistry. Boëtius or Boethius, ANICIUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS SEV