In 1722, he began to suffer from an extreme case of gout, recovering the next year. In 1714, when he was appointed rector of the university, he succeeded Govert Bidloo in the chair of practical medicine, and in this capacity he introduced the modern system of clinical instruction.
Notoriously, in 1724 he described the case of Baron Jan van Wassenaer, a Dutch admiral who died of this condition following a gluttonous feast and subsequent regurgitation.
(Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf) * * Boerhaave, Herman – Historia plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduni-Batavorum crescunt, 1727 – BEIC 6963111.jpg|Historia plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduni-Batavorum crescunt, 1727 Elementa Chemiae-Boerhaave.jpg|Elementa Chemiae, 1732 ==References== Guggenheim, K.
In 1728 he was elected into the French Academy of Sciences, and two years later into the Royal Society of London.
In 1729 declining health obliged him to resign the chairs of chemistry and botany; and he died, after a lingering and painful illness, at Leiden. ==Legacy== His reputation so increased the fame of the University of Leiden, especially as a school of medicine, that it became popular with visitors from every part of Europe.
His Elementa Chemia, a world-renowned chemistry textbook, was published in 1732. The mechanistic concept of the human body departed from the age-old precepts laid down by Galen and Aristotle.
(Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf) * * Boerhaave, Herman – Historia plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduni-Batavorum crescunt, 1727 – BEIC 6963111.jpg|Historia plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduni-Batavorum crescunt, 1727 Elementa Chemiae-Boerhaave.jpg|Elementa Chemiae, 1732 ==References== Guggenheim, K.
Herman Boerhaave (, 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame.
From 1955 to 1961 Boerhaave's image was printed on Dutch 20-guilder banknotes.
From 1955 to 1961 Boerhaave's image was printed on Dutch 20-guilder banknotes.
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