Gregor Horst
German anatomist · Germany · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1578 to 1636 · aged 57
Gregor Horst Latinized as Gregorius Horstius was a German physician, anatomist and professor of medicine at the University of Giessen. He promoted a shift from regurgitation of old medical ideas and was called Practicus prudens and "the Aesculapius of the Germans".
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He tried to establish a rational approach to medicine and his motto ratione et experientia was included in his portraits.
Country
Germany
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1578 to 1636 · aged 57