Abraham Albert Hijmans van den Bergh (1 December 1869, in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

– 28 September 1943, in

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) was a Dutch physician specializing in internal medicine. Hijmans van den Bergh is best known for his

Van den Bergh reaction Van den Bergh reaction is a chemical reaction used to measure bilirubin levels in blood. More specifically, it determines the amount of conjugated bilirubin in the blood. The reaction produces azobilirubin. Principle: bilirubin reacts with diazotise ...

. In 1919 he became member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

References

External links

Biography at inghist.nl

Hijmans van den Bergh Building
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hijmans van den Bergh, Abraham Albert 1869 births 1943 deaths Dutch internists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Physicians from Rotterdam