Édouard van den Corput (1821–1908) was a Belgian physician and medical researcher who was professor of clinical medicine and therapy at the
Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Life
Van den Corput was born in Brussels on 20 April 1821. His father,
Henri-Joseph van den Corput, was a pharmacist and would also become a university professor in the city.
[ Léon Fredericq, "Van den Corput (Edouard-Bernard-Henri-Joseph)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique'']
vol. 26
(Brussels, 1938), 289-292. Embarking initially on university studies in classics and philosophy, he switched to
pharmacology
Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...
after his father's death in 1841, in order to qualify to run the family business.
[ He graduated as a pharmacist in 1845, taught some courses on pharmacology in Brussels, and attended ]Bonn University
The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...
for further studies in chemistry. He worked as a pharmacist in Brussels while studying for the degree of doctor of science, and then doctor of medicine. He was a founding member of the Société de pharmacie.[
From 1860 to 1874 he worked as a physician and a teacher in the city hospitals in Brussels. In 1871 he became a professor at the university, teaching clinical medicine and general medical therapy, including pharmacodynamics.][
He published widely on chemistry, pharmacy, technology, therapies, medical ethics, and the history of medicine, in a variety of journals. By 1857 he was on the editorial board of the ''Journal de médecine, de chirurgie et de pharmacologie de Bruxelles'', serving until 1887.][
From 1894 to 1900 he sat in the ]Belgian Parliament
The Federal Parliament is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: Chambre des Représentants, german: Abgeordnetenkammer) and the Senate (Dutch: , french: Sénat, german: Senat). It s ...
as senator for Brussels. He was also an amateur artist and an avid art collector.[ He died in Brussels on 22 February 1908.][
]
Writings
* ''Des eaux minérales naturelles et de leur analyse'' (1847)
* ''Du poison qui se développe dans les viandes et dans les boudins fumés'' (1855)
References
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1821 births
1908 deaths
19th-century Belgian physicians
Belgian medical researchers
Free University of Brussels (1834–1969) alumni
Academic staff of the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)