Johannes Walaeus (born Jan de Wale; also known as Johannes de Wale; 1604–1649) was a Dutch physician and illustrious professor at the Faculty of Medicine in

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. He was graduated Doctor of Medicine in 1631, when he defended his dissertation, entitled ''Disputiatio medica de febribus'' at

. Two years after that, he was nominated

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. In 1648, he was offered full professorship at

. Johannes Walaeus was a son of the theologian Antonius Walaeus.

Publications

*Walaeus, Johannes (1677). Iohannis Walaei Epistulae duae: De motu chyli, et sanguinis

References

1604 births 1649 deaths 17th-century Dutch physicians Leiden University alumni {{Netherlands-med-bio-stub