# Thomas Sydenham

> Thomas Sydenham was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae (1676) which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates'. Among his many achievements was the discovery of a disease, Sydenham's chorea, also known as St Vitus' Dance. To him is attributed the prescient dictum, "A man is as old as his arteries."

*English physician (1624–1689)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1624-09-10
- **Died:** 1689-12-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #194

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