Re: Scotland: Land of Music

Sharon Michalove, Editor, H-Albion (mlove@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)
Tue, 30 May 1995 15:38:11 -0600

From: Stephen_Greenberg@occshost.nlm.nih.gov
Date: Tue, 30 May 95 16:19:00 EST

> Just curious -- is the Herman Boerhaave who's a Dutch poet
> the same as Boerhaave the Dutch physician? (1668-1738) Also
> I wondered if Archibald Pitcairne's Jacobite ditties were
> put to music (another physician, 1652-1713).
>
> Anita Guerrini

Yes, it is the same man. For a bibliography of his works, both
medical and poetic, see Menno Hertzberger, _Short-title
Catalogue of books written and edited by Herman Boerhaave_
(Amsterdam, 1927).

Stephen Greenberg
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine