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

, surgery and

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at the University of Copenhagen. The genus '' Paullinia'' 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 court physician 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, the first anatomical theatre in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Early life

Paulli was born at Rostock on 6 April 1603. His grandfather, Simon Paulli, Sr., was a German theologian and first city superintendent of Rostock.Simon Pauli the older one
Multilingualarchive.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-16. His father, Henry Paulli, was a physician to the queen Dowager of Denmark. He had three sons: Jacob Henrik (1637–1702), an anatomist and

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in Danish services; Daniel (1640–1684), a bookseller and publisher in Copenhagen, also Simon printer and publisher in Strasbourg; and Olliger (Holger) Paulli (1644–1714), a successful merchant, secretary to the

Danish East India Company The Danish East India Company ( da, Ostindisk Kompagni) refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The second company existed between 1670 and 1729, however, in 1730 it was re-f ...

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

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and

. He matriculated from the University of Copenhagen between 1626 and 1629. He received his M.D from

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. He worked as a physician in Rostock and

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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 was published in 1661. It was later translated into English 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 Paullinia, genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry 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.

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