Paul Amman (31 August 1634 – 4 February 1691) was a

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physician and

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Biography

Amman was born at Breslau in 1634. In 1662 he received the degree of doctor of physic from the university of

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, and in 1664 was admitted a member of the society Naturae Curiosorum, under the name of Dryander. Shortly afterwards he was chosen extraordinary professor of medicine in the above-mentioned university; and in 1674 he was promoted to the botanical chair, which he again in 1682 exchanged for the physiological. He died at Leipzig in 1691. He seems to have been a man of critical mind and extensive learning. William Houstoun named the species ''

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'' in his honor, a name that was used by

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''.Carl von Linné: ''

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Works

His principal works were: *Medicina Critica (1670); *Paraenesis ad Docentes occupata circa Institutionum Medicarum Emendationem (1673); *Irenicum Numae Pompilii cum Hippocrate (1689); *Supellex Botanica (1675); *Character Naturalis Plantarum (1676).

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External links

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