Thomas Sydenham
1624-1689
English Physician
Thomas Sydenham put British medical practice on a firm empirical foundation. He eschewed medical theorizing, discounted medieval medical traditions and Rena...
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The English physician Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689) emphasized, in practicing medicine, careful observation and experience and earned the title "English Hippocrates."Born in Winford Eagle, Dorset, the f...
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Thomas Sydenham was born into a prominent family in Dorset, England. He received a bachelor of medicine degree from Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1648, and a doctor of medicine degree from Cambridge in 167...
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Thomas Sydenham was born into a prominent family in Dorset, England. He received a bachelor of medicine degree from Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1648, and a doctor of medicine degree from Cambridge in 167...
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