Jacobus Bontius
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Jacobus Bontius was a Dutch physician and a pioneer of tropical medicine. He is known for the four-volume work De medicina Indorum. His 1631 work "Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae orientalis" introduced the Malay and Indonesian word "Orang Hutan" into Western languages.
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About this person
Country
NetherlandsCategory
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1592 to 1631 · aged 39
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