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Johann Hermann Baas

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Name
  
Johann Baas

Books
  
History of Medicine

Education
  
University of Giessen

Died
  
November 10, 1909

Role
  
Physician


Johann Hermann Baas [ba:s] (October 24, 1838 – November 10, 1909) was a German physician best known for his writings on medical history.

Baas was born in Bechtheim, in Rhenish Hesse, and studied medicine at the University of Giessen. He graduated in 1860, and practiced medicine and ophthalmology in various towns of Rhenish Hesse. He undertook research into a number of areas of medicine, including hearing, but became best known for his influential histories of medicine. He died in Worms in 1909.

Literary works

  • Grundriss der Geschichte der Medizin und des heilenden Standes, 1876
  • Die geschichtliche Entwicklung des ärztlichen Stands und der medizinischen Wissenschaften, 1896
  • References

    Johann Hermann Baas Wikipedia