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Simon Paulli (6 April 1603 – 25 April 1680), was a

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physician and naturalist. He was a professor of

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

, surgery and

botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

at the

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. The genus ''

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'' is named after him.Niels Stensen-Bibliography Simon Paulli (1603–1680)
Whonamedit.com (1988-10-23). Retrieved on 2012-05-16.
Words.fromoldbooks.org. Retrieved on 2012-05-16. Paulli was the first

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to Frederick III of Denmark, and made valuable contributions to anatomy and botany. He authored and published several treatises in medicine and botany, notably, ''Quadripartitum Botanicum''. He was also a driving force between the establishment of the

Domus Anatomica Domus Anatomica was an anatomical theatre which existed from 1644 until 1728 in Copenhagen, Denmark. History There are references to a modest ''lectorium medicorum'' in Copenhagen from 1605 but in 1621 the statutes of the university stressed that ...

, the first

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Early life

Paulli was born at

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on 6 April 1603. His grandfather, Simon Paulli, Sr., was a

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theologian and first city superintendent of

.Simon Pauli the older one
Multilingualarchive.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-16. His father, Henry Paulli, was a physician to the queen

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of Denmark. He had three sons: Jacob Henrik (1637–1702), an

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

and

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in Danish services; Daniel (1640–1684), a bookseller and publisher in Copenhagen, also Simon printer and publisher in

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; and Olliger (Holger) Paulli (1644–1714), a successful merchant, secretary to the

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, journalist and publisher.Simon Pauli the younger one
Multilingualarchive.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-16. Paulli was schooled in several places, including

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and

. He matriculated from the

between 1626 and 1629. He received his M.D from

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, north o ...

. He worked as a physician in Rostock and

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

as a medical practitioner and later became professor of anatomy at Finck College. With the aid of Frederick III, he established an "Anatomical theatre" at Copenhangen. He died on 25 April 1680 at

Works

''Quadripartitum, De Simplicium medicamentorum Facultatibus''
Rostock 1639—New, enlarged edition: Strasbourg, 1667–1668:- a

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quarto on medicinal plants * ''Flora Danica, Det er: Dansk Urtebog.'' Copenhagen 1648. * ''Commentarius De Abusu Tabaci Americanorum Veteri, Et Herbæ Thee Asiaticorum in Europe Novo'':- This work against

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and

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

was published in 1661. It was later translated into

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by 'Dr. James' in 1746 as ''A treatise on tobacco, tea, coffee, and chocolate. In which I. The advantages and disadvantages attending the use of these commodities''.
''Anatomisch- und Medizinisches Bedenken''
1672

Honor

The

, genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the

soapberry Soapberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * Plants in the genus ''Sapindus'', native to warm temperate to tropical regions in both the Old World and the New World. The berries of these plants contain a natural, low-sudsing de ...

family in

is named in honour of him.The genus is named Paul linia by Linnaeus in honor of Simon Paulli, a German botanist
. Inkanatural.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-16.

References

External links

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