Johann Ludwig Hannemann (25 October 1640 – 25 October 1724) was a professor of medicine who famously opposed the idea of the

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. He studied the chemistry of phosphorus, gold, and hematite; wrote articles on metallurgy,

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, and various medical topics. He was an adherent of the views of the ancients and pre-Renaissance alchemists. He trained his medical students according to the schools of

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, and

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. He first studied theology before studying medicine. He is best known for disseminating the ''

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'' calumny. In 1675, he became a full professor at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

. He was the doctoral advisor of Georg Gottlob Richter. In 1680, he became a member of Leopoldina.

Works

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References

* ''Biographie Medicale''; Bayle, G.-L.; Thillaye, J. B.-J., Eds.; B. M. Israel: 1967 Reprint; pp. 184–185. * ''Jöcher's Allgemeine Gelehrten Lexicon''; Johann Friedrich Gleditschen: 1750-1787; vol. 2, col 1352-1353. * ''Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte''; Urban & Schwarzenberg: 1962; vol. 3, pp. 52–53.

External links

Books by Hannemann
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